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"Abigail Savitch-Lew opens up doors to a Brooklyn world that most of us will never see. She reveals the convergence of cultures that is the real New York to life with flair and grace that make this an utterly enjoyable read." James McBride New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

In the vein of Happiness Falls and Family Lore a gripping story of family history and political upheaval centered around a Chinese family-owned restaurant in Brownsville Brooklyn and its impact on the neighborhoods Jewish and Black residents over the course of a century.
In 1978 two tenements on Livonia Avenue in Brownsville burn to the ground killing one resident and displacing dozens of others. It remains unclear who set the buildings ablaze but the survivors are convinced the culprit is Mr. Wong.

Who exactly is Mr. Wong and what allegedly drove him to this extraordinary act of violence is...