FABULOUS and well-written story! A modern Jewish man who decides to start studying Yiddish finds that books are difficult to find. But then discovers that older Yiddish-speaking Jews are dying and books are being thrown out--so he decides to rescue them. All of them. A million and a half and counting! This was valuable for the history of Yiddish and European Jewry; it was a great story of how a small handful of people can end up making an enormous difference; AND it was so well-written and funny that it was a joy to read. Loved it!