“And Lily heard tales and dreamed and yearned… For the place of palms and a mountain pass That led to a sun-drenched valley floor With walnut groves and golden grass—Open space an open door And unlike the valley of her birth Without the blood that soaked the earth.” – Part I - Lily From Ellis Island to LA’s San Fernando Valley… From the turn of the 20th Century to the turn of the 21st… Five generations of American Jewish women holding fast to the American Dream… Losing their connection to observant Judiasm and coming back… A verse novella for adults…