The Jew of Home Depot by Max Apple

“The stories in “The Jew of Home Depot” begin in lightness and even, at times, guarded optimism, but by book’s end, they resolve in muted tragedy. In the last, title story, a Jewish family from Brooklyn relocates to Marshall, Texas, in order to help a wealthy businessman realize his dying wish, to spend his final months among believers. While the youngest children are giddy to be living in a mansion large enough for five families, the eldest son, Chaim, is having a trying time in the new world.’ Read the review at Bookforum.