Randi Wolf Lauterbach

Randi Wolf Lauterbach is a native of Richmond, Virginia. She received her bachelor’s in education from Virginia Tech and went on to be a sixth-grade teacher, a realtor, and a computer systems trainer, working in the information technology field for thirty years. She currently lives in Glen Allen, Virginia, with her husband, Spencer, and their dog, Jake.

Books

Matzo Balls and Christmas Trees

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The story of a first-generation Jewish-American woman, lovingly rendered by her daughter. ​

by Randi Wolf Lauterbach

The holidays bring a special ache to those who have lost a loved one in December. The winter of 1974 rendered Randi Wolf Lauterbach a twenty-two-year-old orphan and changed her world forever. Thirty-seven years later, with the anniversaries of her parents’ deaths approaching, Randi’s mind was immersed in thoughts of her mother—thoughts clamoring to be recorded. A first-generation Jewish-American, Margaret Wolf possessed a sharp wit, a penchant for music and gambling, and a strong foothold in her cross-cultural community of family, friends, and neighbors. When she passed suddenly, the woman who had seemed larger than life became but a memory cradled in the hearts of those who knew her. But, oh, what memories she left! Framed with humor, nostalgia, and warmth, Matzo Balls and Christmas Trees paints a timeless portrait of familial love—a love that transcends life and death and is renewed with each passing season.

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