Mary helen stefaniak biography of abraham
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Four generations come to vivid life in pages spanning the entire 20th century, from the outer reaches of Siberia to the heartland of America.
Mary helen stefaniak biography of abraham
The sheer, indulgent pleasure of storytelling gives shape to this multi-layered comic novel about an immigrant family's secret history.
"You don't just read The Turk and My Mother," says Jane Glaser, book club coordinator at Next Chapter Books in Mequon, Wisconsin.
"You participate in it, like one of the characters, eavesdropping on family secrets that may or may not be meant for your ears."
"In this magical book, life and love triumph over loss and pain, and a big new literary talent arrives.
For Stefaniak, as for Alice Hoffman, we come to recognize that we are all immigrants in the territory of the human heart, following the thread of love through the labyrinth that takes us home--a journey across continents and history that is hilarious, heart-breaking, and deeply touching."
--Jonis Agee, author of Acts of Love on Indigo Road
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