The Welcome Chair

“An eloquent account of the American immigrant experience.” — Booklist (starred review) “Deserves to become a modern classic.” — BookPage (starred review) “A resounding welcome to immigrants.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Based in part on a 100-year-old family journal, Rosemary Wells brings to life a story that the diary’s fragile pages tell. It’s the story of a wooden rocking chair handmade in about 1825 by her great-great-grandfather, an immigrant Jewish boy who made his way to America fr