A breath of optimism and humor

This novel combines a funny story about a German who wants to become English by creating a golf course of her hands, strong and terrible story about the loss of loved ones and the permanent feeling of exile.
Jack and Sadie Rosenblum have indeed had to leave Germany just before the war because they were Jews and Sadie to let his parents and brother, she never reviewed.
Jack is obsessed with the idea to integrate into his new home and for him, a key element of the life of every English worthy of the name is to play golf, but no club has never wanted the welcome as a member because of his origins. Thus he will scramble like hell to create its own golf in the heart of the English countryside.
The events will be linked together while Sadie will sink in loneliness and nostalgia, as it pushes the finger in a big fluffy cake, like the desserts she cooks mountains and never eats.
The author was inspired by the life of his grandparents to tell this story that really touched me, the determination of this man is equaled only by the absurdity of the thing but it demonstrates that dreams is what keeps us alive when nothing is going on around us.
The passages about his wife and his desperate quest to keep intact the memories of his family are heartbreaking.
I really enjoyed this novel full of optimism and a little crazy dreams.