The Willow Tree Hubert Selby Jr by Hubert Selby Jr. 9781453297780, 1453297782 instant download after payment.

Hubert Selby Jr., acclaimed author of the classic novel Last Exit to Brooklyn, tells the powerful story of an extraordinary bond between an African-American teen seeking vengeance in the wake of tragedy and an old man who guides him toward redemptionGrowing up in New York Citys soul-killing South Bronx ghetto, Bobby, a young black teenager, has only known violence, poverty, and despair.But there is one true light in his life: his girlfriend, Maria. On their way to school one morning, they are set upon by a vicious street gang. Bobby, beaten bloody and senseless, survives, rescued by an old German man who is himself a survivor of the Nazi death camps. The man calls himself Moishe, though he claims not to be Jewish, and he takes the damaged boy under his wing, determined to help heal his physical and psychological wounds. An unlikely friendship is born, strengthened by a shared sense of loss and lifes tragic injustices. But Moishes message of learning to forgive the unforgivable...