Book Synopsis A National Jewish Book Award Winner Mrs. Moskowitz and her cat move from their house into a new apartment and feel a little lost. They miss their house, filled with family memories. But then her son brings her a box she left behind, in which she finds a pair of Sabbath candlesticks. The rediscovered candlesticks and her memories of past Sabbaths help her finally to think of the apartment as home. From the Back Cover You call this a home? Mrs. Moskowitz asks her cat as they walk through her new apartment. She misses her old house, filled with family memories. But then her son brings her a box that she left behind. About the Author Amy Schwartz is the National Jewish Book Award winning author and illustrator of Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candles .