Mark] Harelik s irresistible comedy-drama is] one of the sweetest and coziest plays imaginable. Houston Post

1909. The year that Haskell Harelik, a nineteen-year-old Russian emigre, arrives at the port of Galveston, Texas. Far from his native land and struggling with an alien language, Haskell becomes a penny-a-piece fruit peddler in and around the small town of Hamilton. In the decades that follow, he attains success as a merchant and community leader and is recognized as a beloved husband, father, and neighbor.
This is Haskell Hareklik s story . . . and our story.
This critically acclaimed drama celebrates the immigrant experience the laughter and tears, the toils and triumphs."