The Promise, Paperback

In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promisebrilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one s own way in the world.
Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he s in love, and he s studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die.

One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching. Reuven also introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saunders now a psychologist with a growing reputation. Reconnected by their shared concern for Michael, Reuven and Danny each learns what it is to take on life whether sacred truths or a troubled child according to his own lights, not just established authority.