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Set against the vivid background of Toronto's Jewish community in the 1930's, EVERYTHING IN THE WINDOW is the memorable story of a free-spirited young woman who yearns to escape the poverty and restriction of her childhood. Ardent, sexually curious and full of contradictory emotions, Sophie Glicksman thinks she has found her new world when she elopes with handsome Billy James, a Gentile swimming instructor. But the two have little in common beyond a strong physical attraction. An unexpected pregnancy forces the couple to move back to the despised house on Bellevue Avenue--to live with Sophie's father, Avrom, a poor man with a stiff-necked pride, and Chayele, the primitive stepmother. This reversal corrodes even the physical pleasure Sophie found with her husband, and she escapes into new and passionate relationships. With humor and rare perception into her characters, Shirley Faessler reveals a deep understanding of both the Gentile and Jewish worlds.