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A boy takes his Bubbe Rosa around Brooklyn and Manhattan as they shop for ingredients for dinner. She struggles with seeing new things in the place of old and her memories flood their conversation. It‘s a short read about a Jewish woman in the city, and I love the glimpses of her when she is young and her interactions with an old baker she‘s known for years.

Beautiful book. So sweet, but so sad.

I like this proverb.

4⭐ I went into this thinking it was a picture book and it‘s not. It‘s a short graphic novel about a boy and his grandmother. His grandmother is a Jew who immigrated from America and her memory isn‘t always what it should be. These two spend the day going around New York City collecting things they will need for dinner, but a lot of the stores and things have disappeared. The reader sees many flashbacks of grandmother‘s life and her adventures and

I enjoyed this children‘s book about a grumpy grandma who connects with her grandson and reconnects with a lost love. We also find out why she‘s grumpy and empathise with her. Lots of Yiddish words in it too. Heartwarming, moving, but also funny.