Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family's circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the...
Jewish families
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Author:Ravvin, NormanSummary:A stolen house on a Polish square. A pop bottle with a less than pleasant history on Vancouver's east side. Nadia Baltzan knows a few things about theft. As a girl she took what she could - from her neighbourhood library, her piano...
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Author:Pick, AlisonSummary:Winner of the Helen and Stan Vine Jewish Book Award and finalist for the Man Booker Prize In Far to Go, one of our most accomplished young writers takes us inside the world of an affluent Jewish family in Prague during the lead-up to...
- Author:Lippman, LauraSummary:
Because evidence indicates that his wife left him willingly, Mark Rubin, an Orthodox Jew, contacts P.I. Tess Monaghan to help him find his missing family. Despite Mark's reluctance to give her any information, Tess locates Natalie...
- Author:Goldberg, MylaSummary:
Nine-year-old Eliza Naumann is considered an unspectacular child -- until she surprises everyone by winning her school spelling bee. But just as Eliza begins to shine, her family starts falling apart.
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Author:Plante, DavidSummary:A daughter of Jewish refugees searches for love and a spiritual home in this novel by the National Book Award-nominated author of Difficult Women. Brought up in a secular household on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Nancy Green knows...
- Author:Taylor, SydneySummary:
It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters-Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie. Follow along as they search for hidden buttons while...
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