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Sunday Jews
Harcourt, Mar 2003, 15.00, 694 pp. ISBN: 0156027453 Jewish Zipporah Zangwill married Catholic Peter Duffy. They have five children together. However, over the years, the former philosophy professor Peter's health degenerates until he becomes mentally incompetent and physically incapacitated. Zipporah takes Peter to Italy so his friends and peers will see how far he has deteriorated. In Italy, Zipporah receives help with her spouse from an Isr...