The forgotten Singer : the exiled sister of I.J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer / a memoir by Maurice Carr.

" 'The forgotten Singer: the exiled sister of I.J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer' is a first-hand account of the tumultuous life of Esther Singer Kreitman told by her son, the writer Maurice Carr. Set in the interwar period and World War II, Carr's memoir paints a harrowing portrait of a fractured and fragile family. His father disappears fighting in Russia and his mother suffers from epileptic seizures -a lifelong affliction- as the family bounces from refugee hotels (while bombs are falling) to attics, flats, and houses in London. Esther pawns clothing and jewelry to pay the rent, while Maurice, still in grade school, faces antisemitism and disillustionment as he grapples with the burden of being the "adult" in the family."-- Back cover.