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“sadia shepard”

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  • The Girl from Foreign

    A Memoir

    by Sadia Shepard ...
    A search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of homeFascinating and intimate , The Girl from Foreign is one woman's search for ancient family secrets that leads to an adventure in far-off lands. Sadia Shepard, the daughter of a white Protestant from Colorado and a Muslim from Pakistan, was shocked to discover that her grandmother was a descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Holy Days

    The World Of The Hasidic Family

    by Lis Harris ...
    A beloved contemporary classic, Holy Days is a personal account of New York's Hasidic community, its beliefs, its mysteries, and its encounter with secularism in the present age.Combining a historical understanding of the Hasidic movement with a journalist's discerning eye, Harris captures in rich detail the day-to-day life of this traditional and often misunderstood community. Harris chronicles ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Jerusalem Maiden

    A Novel

    by Talia Carner ...
    "Truly marvellous . . . how deeply Talia Carner . . . evoke[s] Esther's faith and the complexity of the choices she faces. . . . A beautiful and timely novel." —Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street and Eva Moves the FurnitureIn the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a young Orthodox Jewish woman in the holy city of Jerusalem is expected to marry and produce many sons to help ha ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Winter Vault

    by Anne Michaels ...
    Series series Vintage International
    In The Winter Vault, award-winning poet and novelist Anne Michaels crafts a love story of extraordinary depth and complexity, juxtaposing historic dislocations with the most intimate moments of individual lives.In 1964, a newly married Canadian couple settles into a Nile River houseboat moored below the towering figures of Abu Simbel. Avery is one of the engineers responsible for moving the temple ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Not Me

    A Novel

    by Michael Lavigne ...
    Not Me is a remarkable debut novel that tells the dramatic and surprising stories of two men–father and son–through sixty years of uncertain memory, distorted history, and assumed identity.When Heshel Rosenheim, apparently suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, hands his son, Michael, a box of moldy old journals, an amazing adventure begins–one that takes the reader from the concentration camps of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Color Me Butterfly

    A Novel Inspired by One Family's Journey from Tragedy to Triumph

    by L. Y. Marlow ...
    Inspired by a true story, Color Me Butterfly follows four generations of mothers and daughters—haunted by a common specter of domestic abuse—as they discover the strength, hope, and courage to survive.The last thing Eloise Bingham wanted was to leave the comforts of her South Carolina home and family. But at the end of World War II, the young wife follows her husband, Isaac, to Philadelphia—only ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Unchosen

    The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels

    by Hella Winston ...
    A “complex and heart-wrenchingly compelling” exploration of Hasidic Jews struggling to live within, or outside, their restrictive communities—for viewers of Unorthodox and One of Us (Boston Globe)When Hella Winston began talking with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn for her doctoral dissertation in sociology, she was surprised to be covertly introduced to Hasidim unhappy with their highly restrictive way ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Saturday Wife

    A Novel

    by Naomi Ragen ...
    Bestselling author Naomi Ragen mixes poignant storytelling and irreverent wit with her talent for creating finely drawn characters in this tale of a young Rabbi's wife who slowly begins to unravel under the incessant and unreasonable demands of her congregation, her faith, and her life.Beautiful, blonde, materialistic Delilah Levy steps into a life she could have never imagined when in a moment of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Hush

    by Eishes Chayil ...
    Inside the closed community of Borough Park, where most Chassidim live, the rules of life are very clear, determined by an ancient script written thousands of years before down to the last detail-and abuse has never been a part of it. But when thirteen-year-old Gittel learns of the abuse her best friend has suffered at the hands of her own family member, the adults in her community try to persuade ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

    A Novel

    by Lisa Verge Higgins ...
    A grave loss changes the lives of three friends in ways they never imagined in this warm and heartrending novel from an author who "writes with grace and humor, reminding us to hold tight to the ones we love" (Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author).What makes a wife a lover?For Kate, the spark went out of her marriage long ago but her husband doesn't seem to notice. Their role as ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Covenant

    A Novel

    by Naomi Ragen ...
    Living in Jerusalem, Elise Margulies fears for the lives of her husband and daughter every day. Then comes the day when her worst fears come true. Cancer specialist Dr. Jonathan Margulies drives his young daughter home from her ballet recital. His bullet-ridden car is found empty on the side of the road hours later. Elise, in the last stages of a difficult pregnancy, desperately calls her ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • To the End of the Land

    by David Grossman ...
    Translated by Jessica Cohen ...
    Series series Vintage International
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A stunning novel that tells the powerful story of Ora, an Israli mother, and her extraordinary love for her son, Ofer, in a haunting meditation on war and family.“One of the few novels that feel as though they have made a difference to the world.” —The New York Times Book Review**Just before his release from service in the Israeli army, Ora’s son Ofer is sent back to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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