Constance takes her grieving mother to a séance which leads to tragic consequences and a legacy that will blight her life.

Translated by from Yiddish by Roger H. Klein and others.

In the 1920s and ’30s, people gathered in darkened rooms to explore the paranormal through seances. They were motivated by grief, spiritual devotion, or a des

SCOOTER KING UNDERSTANDS illusions. In the midst of the Roaring Twenties, he performs them behind the scenes at his mother’s séances, giving the impression t

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