At the beginning of the novel the heroine, Elizabeth Shulman, feels so at home in her Jewish skin that God and the scriptures, worship and ritual, are all simple, practical things for her.
The woman in the novel is proud of her Jewish heritage.
The man is an atheist.
They never did anything together on weekends, so their relationship got worse.
They all feature John before he was famous.
We are citizens.
A person kneading dough on the counter.
The woman in the red shirt is singing!
A man hanging winter coats in the attic.