These 28 autobiographical stories from the Jewish Daily Forward are set in Singer`s old neighborhood in Warsaw. From the point of view of the young child he was, Singer tells stories about local characters and their encounters with various aspects of the law: a long-married couple reluctantly seeks a divorce, a man apologizes to the woman he betrayed years before, a convert to Judaism needs counseling when he goes too far. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.