Snow inAugust Author:Pete Hamill A tender novel a bout Michael Devlin eleven years old and l00% Irish about to forge a friendship with a refugee from Prague. in 1947. In Brooklyn surrounded by tenements, Rabbi Hirsch enchants Michael with stories of ancient wisdom as Michael explains to him the equally wonderful world of baseball. Then the neighborhood intervenes and only o... more »ne thing can save them from te hate all around them...a miracle.« less