Oct 13, 2008
Morris Bober is a sixty-year-old Jew who operates a small run-down grocery. Though he and his wife barely have enough to eat themselves, he does not have the heart to refuse credit to the poor families of the neighborhood. His failure is inseparable from his honesty and compassion.
His daughter, Helen, twenty-three, has had to abandon her dream of a college education so as to contribute to the family income.
Morris’ bad luck is unremitting. A new, more modern store opens across the street and takes away his customers. Then he is held up and knocked unconscious.
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