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Rebecca Cohen genießt als Tochter eines sephardischen Unternehmers die Privilegien der Istanbuler Oberschicht. Doch als sich in den 1920er-Jahren die Stimmung in Europa verdüstert, beginnt für sie eine jahrelange Odyssee, die sie über Barcelona und Havanna bis nach New York führt. Auf ihrer Flucht wird Rebecca, kaum Ehefrau und Mutter, zur Witwe, muss ihre Eltern zurücklassen, um ihren Kindern eine Zukunft zu bieten, und ihr Schicksal einem Ma...

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home.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...

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A dazzling Turkish Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as homeA kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, Kantika-"song" in Ladino-follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Baruch, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of Constantinople. When the Baruchs lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and...

Eleven-year-old Eva and her mother Miriam have moved out of Manhattan to start a new life. Still coping with the loss of her father, Eva has taken to shoplifting. Soon after the move she encounters a local beekeeper who befriends her and shares his bee lore.

Seit Generationen verbringt die wohlhabenden Familie Porter ihre Sommer auf Ashaunt, einer felsigen Halbinsel vor der Küste Neuenglands. Es ist ein Ort, an dem man die Zeit vergisst und die Tage unbeschwert und endlos scheinen. Doch die Wirren der Zeit machen selbst vor dem Paradies nicht halt: Als im Sommer 1942 eine Militärstation auf der Halbinsel errichtet wird, kommt es im Leben der Porters zu einem Einschnitt, der noch ihre Kinder und Ki...

A place out of time, Ashaunt Point, Massachusetts, has provided sanctuary and anchored life for generations of the Porter family, who summer along its remote, rocky shore. But in 1942, the U.S. Army arrives on the Point, bringing havoc and change.An unforgettable portrait of one family's journey through the second half of the twentieth century, The End of the Point artfully probes the hairline fractures hidden beneath the surface of our lives ...

A place out of time, Ashaunt Point in Massachussetts has provided sanctuary and anchored life for generations of the Porter family, who spend their summers along its remote, rocky shore.But in 1942, the U.S. Army arrives on the Point, bringing havoc and change. The two older Porter girls—teenagers Helen and Dossy—run wild. The children's Scottish nurse, Bea, falls in love. And the youngest daughter, Janie, is entangled in an incident that cuts...

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In a beautifully realized debut novel reminiscent of "The Scarlet Letter, " an unconventional young woman who chooses independence over conformity is scorned by her family in a 19th-century New England town.

Elizabeth Graver's first novel, Unravelling, was hailed on publication as "exceptional" (The New York Times Book Review), "a pleasure" (The New Yorker), and "exquisitely poignant and sensual" (The Boston Globe). Now, in her second novel, she proves herself to be a major voice in American fiction. The summer that eleven-year-old Eva is caught shoplifting (for the fourth time), her mother, Miriam, decides the only solution is to move out of the ...