Everything I Know: Basic Life Rules from a Jewish Mother

In three sections labeled "Know Where You Come From, " "Know Where You Are Going, " and "Know Before Whom You Will One Day Stand in Judgment, " Sharon Strassfeld relays a colorful mix of anecdotes and words of advice: -- Accept who you are. Don't be at war with yourself.-- Wherever you live, find a Jewish community and live within it. This is not about being insular. It's about staying close to the family.-- It is not necessarily a good thing to believe that the career you choose when you are twenty-one is the same career you will be pursuing when you are forty-five.-- In life, when we are young, we believe that the whole world is open to us and anything we want can happen.Rooted in the homey warmth of traditional Jewish culture, Everything I Know is a celebration of Jewish culture and wisdom that all parents -- and their children -- will hold dear.