Moe Fields - The Special Bond Between Fathers and Sons
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Moe Fields - The Special Bond Between Fathers and Sons
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Moe Fields – The Special Bond Between Fathers and Sons has received the 2022 National Literary Award for excellence in Memoirs (sponsored by Reader Views) – and it’s been ranked “best seller” six times on Amazon .
Don Harrison, publisher & editor of a Jewish World magazine for 40+ years in San Diego described Moe Fields: “a powerful book…about a man who fought and loved fiercely to impact the lives of his three sons. It will have you reflecting on your own relationships with your father—and your bloody image of the young boxer from the hard scrabble streets of Brooklyn during the Depression sets the stage in defining the main character; his inner grit; his unwillingness to retreat; his physicality; his lone wolf instincts and his selfless devotion to the family he five decades, there are many stories about Moe’s determination to survive; to fight back and overcome life’s obstacles…some are funny, some sad, but this is a story meant to inspire you
During WWII, Moe joins the Navy and heads to Europe aboard a ship used to plan the invasion of southern France and the Yalta conference. His courage helps save the ship during a German air attack, and later he builds a handicapped toilet for President FDR who stays onboard following his meetings with Stalin and story takes a dark turn in the 1950s/1960s overcoming anti-Semitism as he starts his plumbing business in northern New Jersey. And when a brain tumor threatens his life and, later, a drunk driver causes a horrific car accident crippling his wife at 44, Moe digs deep to turn tragedy into last third of the book tells the story of Moe’s sons – and a father’s legacy. The story asks the most basic questions about what it means to be a father? Zach, the middle son, marries the daughter of Holocaust survivors. This story arc binds the entire family to these survivors and their extended family in Polansky, the Executive Chair & CEO of Webber Shandwick described this story as a masterly told & gripping narrative. “We all have our Moe Fields. I lost my dad more than 20 years ago, and now am the proud father of two young men. This treasure of a book reminds us of the importance of keeping family memories and traditions alive through