Fathers Author:Herbert Gold "Fathers" is a novel in the form of a memoir about an immigrant Jewish American father seen through the loving eyes of his son -- as a boy and then as a father himself. It is the story of Sam Gold, who came to America to struggle, strive and ultimately forge his own version of the American dream. Herbert Gold has grasped the most valuable relics... more » in a novelist's heart -- his own life and the lives of those dearest to him -- and fashioned a magical world through the alchemy of his art. The New York "Times Book Review" said of "Fathers": "a book that is eloquently and deeply moving because it is constantly informed with a search for love -- father love: so hard to describe, so difficult to understand, yet so impossible to live without."