Elizabeth Graver
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, Kantika--"song" in Ladino--follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way--a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood....
4) Unravelling
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
©1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Against her parents' wishes, Aimee Slater, a headstrong 15-year-old farm girl in 19th century New England, abandons plans to become a teacher for the glamor of work in a textile mill in town. A look at mill life and the fate of a woman, pregnant out of wedlock. By the author of Have You Seen Me?
