About this series
A historical romantic comedy and the stand-alone prequel to the Herring Cove Road series.
During England's depression and with her mother's death two years earlier, her father's recent marriage to a woman she neither likes nor respects, and then finding herself engaged to a man she isn't even sure she loves, Ruth decides to take a year to discover what she wants in life. With her small savings, the support from her much older and life-long best friend (her family's servant) and little knowledge of the common world, she sets off to Cambridge, England, where she meets some 'different' characters, learns what life is like for a single, independent working woman during the depression and befriends a young man who makes up for his lack of looks with his wit, amusing idiosyncrasies and his love for practical jokes.
On her adventure of self-discovery, she'll find more than she ever expected. Unbeknownst to her, a secret hides within her family that will eventually enlighten her to herself and her family's past and permanently change the direction of her future.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the series follows the sometimes amusing, sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes terrifying events that follow an introverted old Jewish man's retirement as he reluctantly befriends a naive and lonely boy, his struggling single mother, and lastly, a boy streetwise beyond his years.
"I don't usually enjoy books in a series but this was an exception. It was uplifting, and interesting with some twists I didn't see coming...It wasn't all sweet and goody two shoes either. It had some dark and realistic moments and characters. Very well written."-(Amazon Customer)
Volume 1) On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety
Volume 2) Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death
Volume 3) Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue
Volume 4) Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop
Titles in the series (3)
- On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety: Herring Cove Road, #1
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A troubled old man, his doting but ill wife, and the mutual salvation that follows his unlikely friendship with the son of his racist neighbor. Once an amusing extrovert with a reputation as a prankster, Mr. Rosen is entering his senior years as a stoic thirty-year converted introvert who hates change, has little to no interest in people, and is more than content to have his wife sit in his life's navigator seat to guide him through its changes, including their recent move to a much smaller home in a middle-class neighborhood where he lives next to a racist whose pint-sized son addresses him as Mr. Jew. Mr. Rosen had seen the move coming and he's very much aware of the enormous change to come that will force him to chart his own life's route, though he refuses to think about it, but he's not aware of the change that will come from the child next door. A change that could offer him a second chance at life... if he would allow himself to take it. This cozy story of an unlikely friendship offers a roller coaster of emotion as Mr. Rosen's comfortable world begins to implode while on a collision course with the chaotic world of a boy, his troubled mother and vengeful father. Edition Updates (March 2019): This edition now uses American English and includes the addition of several small sections removed before the novel's initial publication (Approx. 3,200 words). ABOUT THE SERIES Taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the series follows the sometimes amusing, sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes terrifying events that follow an introverted old Jewish man's retirement as he reluctantly befriends a naive and lonely boy, his struggling single mother, and lastly, a boy streetwise beyond his years. "I don't usually enjoy books in a series but this was an exception. It was uplifting, and interesting with some twists I didn't see coming...It wasn't all sweet and goody two shoes either. It had some dark and realistic moments and characters. Very well written."-(Amazon Customer) Volume 1) On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety Volume 2) Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death Volume 3) Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue Volume 4) Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop
- Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death: Herring Cove Road, #2
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Continuing one week later... Dewey is moving, and he couldn't be more excited; though, he's alone in his enthusiasm. Lisa, his mother, and recently retired Avriel, his next-door neighbor and best buddy, don't share in his excitement regarding the move to a dirty basement-level apartment in a lower-class area where two murders have recently occurred. New Edition (June 2019) Update: This edition includes the toning down of two somewhat-shocking chapters, the addition of two small sections deleted before the novel's initial publication, and the use of American English. ABOUT THE SERIES Taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the series follows the sometimes amusing, sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes terrifying events that follow an introverted old Jewish man's retirement as he reluctantly befriends a naive and lonely boy, his struggling single mother, and lastly, a boy streetwise beyond his years. "I don't usually enjoy books in a series but this was an exception. It was uplifting, and interesting with some twists I didn't see coming...It wasn't all sweet and goody two shoes either. It had some dark and realistic moments and characters. Very well written."-(Amazon Customer) Volume 1) On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety Volume 2) Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death Volume 3) Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue Volume 4) Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop
- Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue: Herring Cove Road, #3
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Continuing almost seven hours later... With Blue's father in prison for selling marijuana and his mother estranged for over the last seven years, Blue is doing well, all considering. As the second addition to the not-so-nuclear Dixon family of Lisa, her ten-year-old son, Dwight, and the retired, Jewish introvert, Av, Blue finds himself living in a much better area of Halifax, Nova Scotia, going to a much better school and for the first time, actually applying himself academically as he struggles to fit in. All that's soon threatened when Blue's estranged mother returns to take him away, and around the same time, he's harassed and threatened by his father's affiliation with the local biker gang to whom his father owes money. Blue, his surrogate family, and Dwight's recent overachieving classmate/friend, Lyon, are forced to deal with the quickly escalating problems that threaten both the family unit and its members. ABOUT THE SERIES Taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the series follows the sometimes amusing, sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes terrifying events that follow an introverted old Jewish man's retirement as he reluctantly befriends a naive and lonely boy, his struggling single mother, and lastly, a boy streetwise beyond his years. "I don't usually enjoy books in a series but this was an exception. It was uplifting, and interesting with some twists I didn't see coming...It wasn't all sweet and goody two shoes either. It had some dark and realistic moments and characters. Very well written."-(Amazon Customer) Volume 1) On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety Volume 2) Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death Volume 3) Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue Volume 4) Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop
Michael Kroft
Michael Kroft is a Nova Scotian Haligonian and writes character-driven novels about the relationships between complex and lovable characters who are as important to the story as the plot itself. Having completed his first four-book series, Herring Cove Road, where each novel's story in the unique series is not like the others, he's now working on his next, The Lovelys' Family Tree. Michael Kroft's current works: The four-volume Family Saga series, Herring Cove Road: 1) On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety 2) Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death 3) Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue 4) Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop (A Love Story) The Family Saga series, The Lovelys' Family Tree: 1) Indentured Bonds: The First Generation, Circa 1715 Michael Kroft's website: michaelkroft.com Michael Kroft's Twitter: @michaelkroft
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