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02041aam a2200325 i 4500 001 A76D9A98DA8911EDBEAB8EDC22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230414010023 008 220629s2023 nyu e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1504078853 020 $a 9781504078856 035 $a (OCoLC)1333265256 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d DPL $d INO $d OCLCF $d JIU $d SILO 043 $a n-us-sc $a n-us-sc 100 1 $a Glickman, Mary. 245 10 $a By the rivers of Babylon / $c Mary Glickman. 264 1 $a New York : $b Open Road Media, $c [2023] 300 $a 256 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "Joe and Abigail Becker, a Jewish couple from Boston, have inherited a house on Sweetgrass Island in South Carolina's Lowcountry. Though they feel like fish out of water, the couple is excited to give the South a try -- and maybe even find it a place to finally call home. Their Boston friends are convinced they won't last the summer. But the South works its magic on the Beckers, holding them fast to misty marsh, farmlands, and grand oaks, the twang of banjos and the blues. Even the locals have put aside their usual mistrust of transplants. Joe is convinced that has more to do with Abigail's beauty than with his dubious charms -- especially in the case of Billy Euston. A celebrated pit master and womanizer, Billy is transfixed with Abigail at first sight. And though Joe is used to his lovely wife's effect on men, he misjudges their playful flirtations--a tragic mistake that will tear through the island like a hurricane, leaving the broken and the battered in its wake..."--Back cover. 650 0 $a Jews $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Marital conflict $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Adultery $v Fiction. 651 0 $a South Carolina $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Jewish fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230512010609.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230414010237.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A76D9A98DA8911EDBEAB8EDC22ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search