"An intelligently conceived meditation on the curative powers of storytelling." -Kirkus ReviewsSeth Feinberg, in spite of being an atheist, has always seen life through a Jewish lens. Inheriting a Nazi officer's full- length leather coat from his Holocaust-survivor grandfather motivates him to research and write fictional stories about his grandparents' and the coat's possible history. Ultimately, he is able to define his personal relationship with the coat, his Judaism, and the world.