Lily Poritz Miller

A Thousand Threads Lily Poritz Miller

Publisher Marketing: For all of us who are children of the age of Jewish displacement, migration and landing in new settings, this trove of over 200 letters is an invaluable document of social history. Fighting loneliness and despondency, an intelligent and sensitive young Jew is at the center of a fascinating correspondence primarily with his sister whose reflections and insightful, encouraging responses turn these letters into an 'epistolary novel.' Viewed through the lens of the Holocaust 20 years later, the central characters win our admiration for their rootedness in tradition and their resourcefulness. They are true Jewish survivors of painful relocation and pioneers in building a new life. Max Ticktin Professor of Jewish Studies George Washington University Contributor Bio:  Miller, Lily Poritz Lily Poritz Miller was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and came to the United States with her family when she was fifteen. She began her career in publishing with Macmillan and later McGraw-Hill in New York, then moved to Toronto, where she was senior editor at McClelland and Stewart for eighteen years. She has written three plays, which were performed in New York and Toronto, and received a Samuel French national award for her play "The Proud One". Her short stories were published in the anthology "American Scene: New Voices". She has also written for film. She presently divides her time between Toronto and New York.