This is where the book's title comes from there's something hidden in her mother Rifke's past that Sarah knows nothing about.Īlthough she remains close to her father, Sarah struggles with the knowledge that her older sister Fanny is Rifke's favorite. However, the personal troubles they faced in the old country still cast a long shadow over their lives and their interactions with one another. Neighborhood, where Sarah's father Jacob works as a butcher. By 1892, they've settled into their Chicago The Goldmans, as readers learn early on, are Jewish immigrants who fled their Russian
Although the historical and cultural backdrops are presented with well-rendered specificity, many of the problems that Sarah and her family deal with are universal. She writes with a light, easygoing touch, which should make it comfortable for younger readers to assimilate her story. Perhaps to intertwine her aunt's experiences with well-known events of the late 19th century, the author shifted the plot backward by about 20 years. Barbara Garland Polikoff has partly based her latest novel on the life of her "gypsy aunt," a lively woman with bohemian fashion sense who studied and later taught art at Chicago's Hull House. Her Mother's Secret features a 15-year-old heroine, but you don't have to be a teenager to appreciate the detail-rich environment the author creates. Welcome to Small Press Month at Reading the Past.Anne-Marie Drosso's In Their Father's Country, tho.Guest post by Justin Swanton, author of Centurion'.An examination of Claire Holden Rothman's The Hear.Guest post by Jodi Daynard, author of The Midwife'.Ursule Molinaro's The New Moon with the Old Moon i.Guest post from Elan Barnehama, author of Finding.A spotlight on Lindsay Ashford's The Mysterious De.New historical novels from small and independent p.
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A careful juggling act: the small publisher in gen.Russian history, a mystery, and a reviewer's dilemma.
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