“This is a most readable and absorbing story which traces the lives three families, while capturing their conflicts, vulnerabilities, dreams and loves… Written with insights, sympathy and humor, it will be a rewarding and enlightening experience for any reader.”
- Rita Davis, NYC, High School Teacher
“This is a good read. I am enjoying myself. I like the clean, crisp unadorned writing style that surprisingly carries a lot more emotional weight than I would have expected. It carries the feel of “life” in all its shades and colors, from bleak sorrow to absurdity and joy. Lively and compelling.”
- Tony Picco, NYC, Graphic Designer and Astrologer
“I finished the book in two days and really enjoyed it. I couldn’t put it down. Seven Oaks is so vividly realized – the pill-addicted seniors, the illicit drug connection, the relations with the minority help – oy! – hilarious and distressing. Nicely realized, nicely observed. Kudos!”
- David Berger, Writer, Designer, Seattle, WA
As he remembers his years in Detroit, the author recalls his bar mitzvah at Congregation B’nai David. “I hope readers will learn that everything is possible,” says Newman. “We can struggle through crises when we’re younger and then find love later.”
- From an Interview with Author, Bob Newman, in the Detroit Jewish News
“I was moved deeply by the insights into human behavior that were revealed in You Never Know… I think it is this universality of the characters in You Never Know that mordantly binds them to all of us. I congratulate Mr. Newman on this achievement.”
- Dale Boesky,
Past Editor-in-Chief,
Psychoanalytic Quarterly
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