Forgive Us Our Trespasses - by Diane Gensler (Paperback)

About the Book

Have you ever been the odd man out? A different breed? A fish out of water? Join the author as she navigates foreign territory as the only Jewish person teaching in a Catholic school.

Book Synopsis

Have you ever been the odd man out? A different breed? A fish out of water? Join the author as she navigates foreign territory as the only Jewish person teaching in a Catholic school. Experience the joy and memorable moments as well as the sting of anti-Semitism and ignorance. Despite the challenges, she discovers that the job was a blessing in disguise and fate may have played a hand in her school placement.

Review Quotes

"This is a sweet, insightful account of the life of a school teacher who's simultaneously going through both professional and cultural challenges and approaches the new job with an open mind and an open heart. It's nicely written and well observed, and I felt as if I were going through the daily life in a Baltimore classroom with all of its challenges and little pleasures and large frustrations."

--Michael Olesker, former Baltimore Sun columnist and WJZ-TV commentator, Michael Olesker is the author of six books. His most recent, Front Stoops in the Fifties: Baltimore Legends Come of Age, was reissued in paperback by the Johns Hopkins University Press