Like rip­ples on a pond after a stone is thrown, the con­se­quences of a lie con­tin­ue to spread until every­one is affect­ed. In the case of Rab­bi David Kahn, his 40 year mas­quer­ade as a Jew has detri­men­tal effects on his wife, three chil­dren, and the con­gre­ga­tion he led up until the time of his death. A stranger claim­ing to be Kahn’s broth­er shows up at his funer­al, and he reveals that the rab­bi was his broth­er, Don­nie Dobbs. They were con men, and while swin­dling peo­ple at a bar mitz­vah, Don­nie met and fell in love with Rachel Fried­berg. He changed his name, taught him­self every­thing he could to live as a Jew, and nev­er revealed his true iden­ti­ty to his wife and chil­dren. As each fam­i­ly mem­ber comes to terms with grief and anger, they are forced to exam­ine their lives and the choic­es they have made and will con­tin­ue to make in light of this dev­as­tat­ing event. Kleid, author of Brownsville, tells an orig­i­nal and engag­ing sto­ry. Read­ers are giv­en an inside look at an obser­vant family’s life; a help­ful glos­sary trans­lates Hebrew and Yid­dish terms that are used through­out the book. Cinquegrani’s art com­ple­ments the text with action and nuanced emotion.