What would you do to protect your family when the Nazis come to town?
When a Nazi youth camp opens in New Jersey in 1933, Abe Dubinski knows that his family is in danger. When a hate group materializes in New Jersey in 2023, Charlie Levenson realizes that his wife may have been the victim of Nazi violence. Told in alternating chapters, The Other is a story of faith lost and faith found. Although it is a work of fiction, the story is inspired by true accounts of Nazi camps in America in the 1930s.
The Other explores anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and, in a broader sense, hate for anyone who is labelled as the other. Although the story is fictional, the problem of hate is all too real. And it is not ancient history.
“Jeff Markowitz’s powerful and poignant novel addresses hate, that scourge of human experience, and how it poisons what should be the joy we all deserve in simply being alive. It’s in his exquisitely drawn characters’ quest for joy that Markowitz finds beauty despite the darkness overtaking two interconnected eras: one past, and one present. It is a quest we all need, and which Markowitz has gifted us.”
Ann Aptaker, Award-winning author of the Cantor Gold series
“Both contemporary and historical, The Other, will grab you from the first page. Written with the tension of a murder mystery, which it is as well, this riveting tale of heroism in the face of bigotry takes a fresh look at an age old problem. Set in the serenity of pastoral New Jersey, its characters reflect the symmetry of hate and reconciliation shaking our world then and now. A not-to-be-missed book.”
A. J. Sidransky, author of The Incident at San Miguel
“The Other is the kind of book that we need right now. Markowitz investigates what national identity means, seamlessly weaving two storylines at the same lock tender’s house, ninety years apart. The narrative judiciously navigates the seeds of Nazism, the Iranian Revolution, and the rise of twenty-first-century militias with a level of historical accuracy often lacking in modern literature. The wisdom contained within these pages simply can’t be ignored.”
Robert Creekmore, author of the Manly Wade Wellman Award finalist, Prophet’s Debt
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