Four Women by Norman Shabel
Four Women tells the saga of four brave and very different women who battle real estate developers and the city of Miami Beach while trying to save their home during the unscrupulous heyday of real estate development in South Beach in 1968.
Helen, a survivor of Auschwitz and Rachel, who led 2,500 Jewish children out of Germany during World War II, along with their defender a 36-year-old alcoholic lawyer do battle against a prejudicial judge and a defense lawyer who politically controls the judicial system of Miami.
It is a novel about people who have seen the dark side of the world and now strive for a life of hope and redemption.