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The Story of the Forest
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ISBN10: 1638931682
ISBN13: 9781638931683
Publisher: Sjp Lit
Published: Nov 12 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781638931683
Publisher: Sjp Lit
Published: Nov 12 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize - A Parade Best Book of the Year - A Paste Most Anticipated Historical Fiction for Fall
[Sarah Jessica Parker] is curating as a publisher some of the most beautiful novels that I read. And this one, in love with it. Don't miss it. ―Adriana Trigiani, You Are What You Read
[Sarah Jessica Parker] is curating as a publisher some of the most beautiful novels that I read. And this one, in love with it. Don't miss it. ―Adriana Trigiani, You Are What You Read
Romance, tragedy, war, the horrors of the pogroms, business dynasties, and more make this closely observed novel inspired somewhat by Grant's family story into a page turner. --Parade It's 1913 when Mina, the young and carefree daughter of a Jewish merchant, roams into a forest on the edge of the Baltic Sea looking for mushrooms. Instead, she encounters a gang of unruly, charismatic Bolsheviks--an adventure that will become the stuff of familial lore for generations to come. Intending to save her from further corruption, and in an act that forever changes the trajectory of their family's life, Mina and her eldest brother, Jossel, board a ship to England. There the threat of a different war looms large. When WWI hits, Jossel is sent to the front, where he keeps a severely wounded soldier in his unit alive 'til morning by telling him tales--including that his sister Mina will marry him if he survives. The soldier lives and asks for Mina's hand, their marriage uniting two growing trade dynasties. But over time Mina and Jossel will learn that not everyone in their family has survived the wars and pogroms, even as they and their offspring struggle to build new lives in Liverpool in the midst of ever-shifting discriminations. Based on the author's own family history and legends, The Story of the Forest is a remarkable record of family lore; a meditation on the power of stories to ground us, particularly in the face of life's inevitable losses, told with a keen wit and a sharp eye to the charms and the foibles of family by masterful British novelist Linda Grant.
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