The Ivy House Publishing Group's featured
Book of the Month
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Praise from Professionals:
"This book will be a wonderful legacy for Nancy's children, grandchildren, and those who follow. It gives testimony to her parents and to the rich, interesting life she led."
-Sophie Freud, Professor Emeritus of Social Work at Simmons College, author and granddaugter of Sigmund Freud
"The Lelewer Legacy is a fascinating, inspiring, heartwarming, and touching story about the meaning of family told by a daughter whose life was shaped by experience."
-William H. Davidhow, venture capitalist and author
"The Lelewer Legacy is the interesting story of a colorful family with roots in Chicago. The book provides a blue print for a warm and close family life and an outline of rules to live by from which we could all benefit."
-Kathrin Seitz, writer, writing coach, producer
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In the Lelewer Legacy, Nancy Lelewer (married name Sonnabend) describes a childhood filled with laughter, love, and family stories of her great-grandfather‘s arrival in New York in 1861, her grandfather‘s entry into the hat business, and her father‘s prowess in sports, business, and friendships. Surrounded by warm and caring grandparents, a beautiful and loving mother, and a nurturing, charismatic father--“the best father who ever lived“-- Nancy Lelewer grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York, spent a year in Spain, then began married life in Boston, Massachusetts.
As she examines the exciting events during her busy years of raising four children, researching learning differences, helping to establish the computerized wheelchair company, USA Permobil, Inc. and becoming the grandmother of eight, she pays tribute to her great-grandfather, David Lelewer, her grandfather, Selig Seward Lelewer, and her father, Joseph David Lelewer. The Lelewer men, she notes, were charismatic men of business, who combined intuition, resilience, a willingness to experiment, zeal, and quirky problem solving with camaraderie and deep devotion to one another and their families. They knew right from wrong, gave help without expectation of return, radiated goodness, got satisfaction from seeing others happy, and gave back to society. They were beloved by their children and passed on to each generation a family code of helping others and building for the future.
Finally, in the Afterword, “Traditions Continue,” Nancy incorporates photos of her grandchildren following the family tradition of achievement in sports, indeed, surpassing the successes of previous generations.
About The Author
Nancy Lelewer (married name Sonnabend) lives in Boston’s Back Bay. She is the creator of games and a calendar designed to help children understand space and time, and the co-author of journal articles dealing with learning differences based on her research at MIT and Harvard Medical School. Her first book, an autobiography entitled Something’s Not Right: One family’s struggle with learning disabilities, won a Parents’ Choice Commendation. In 2007, her short story Sue and Gracie was published in Harvard’s HILR Review. Although she has many interests, her real passions are her family, travel, and helping those with learning differences,Asperger’s Syndrome, and hearing loss.
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