No Portrait In The Gilded Frame by Tudor Alexander

On January 28, 2017January 11, 2017 By CravenWildIn book reviews, Fashion/StyleLeave a comment

In this coming of age story, Miriam, a young Jewish girl, discovers her love of painting, and follows her heart, from Romania to Israel to the US. Starting in the 1950's, in a politically hostile Romania, the story is as much about finding our place in the world, especially as an immigrant, as it is …

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The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

On November 16, 2016July 11, 2016 By CravenWildIn book reviewsLeave a comment

Set in the last four years of the Jewish occupation of the Masada fortress in ancient Israel in the time of the Roman occupation, this book tells the events of the lives of four women there who work together in the Dovecotes. I suppose most of you who have an interest in the history of …

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