Queen Esther [text (large print)] : a novel
por
Irving, John, 1942- author.
Título
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Queen Esther [text (large print)] : a novel
Thorndike Press large print top shelf
Thorndike Press large print top shelf.
Autor
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Irving, John, 1942- author.
Series
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Thorndike Press large print top shelf
Thorndike Press large print top shelf.
Format
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Letra grande
ISBN
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9781420527445
Subject Term
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Physicians -- Fiction.
Orphanages -- Fiction.
Jewish children -- Fiction.
Jewish women -- Fiction.
Antisemitism -- Fiction.
Adopted children -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Médecins -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Orphelinats -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Enfants juifs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Juives -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Antisémitisme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Enfants adoptés -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Livres en gros caractères.
Summary
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Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board a ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr. Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther; in fact, he won't find any family who'll adopt her. When Esther is fourteen, soon to be a ward of the state, Dr. Larch meets the Winslows, a philanthropic New England family with a history of providing foster care for unadopted orphans. The Winslows aren't Jewish, but they despise anti-Semitism. Esther's gratitude for the Winslows is unending; even as she retraces her roots back to Vienna, she never stops loving and protecting the Winslows. In the final chapter, set in Jerusalem in 1981, Esther Nacht is seventy-six.
| Library | Shelf Number | Estado |
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| Sierra Vista Public Library | LT F IRVING | New Fiction |