{"product_id":"cursing-columbus-book-eve-tal-9781933693590","title":"Cursing Columbus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe dream was always the same: I was back in Russia. My family was sitting around the Sabbath table: Mama, Papa, baby Hannah and my brothers Lemmel and Shloyme. I was telling a story about America--there were gold streets and chickens roosting in trees. Suddenly, Papa and I were on board a ship sailing far away. Ahead I saw the Statue of Liberty towering over the harbor of New York, but she raised her hand high above her head to stop us. I looked around for Papa. I was all alone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThen I woke up and remembered.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePapa and I had arrived at Ellis Island. For three years we had been living on the Lower East Side of New York. Papa worked in a sweatshop earning money to bring over the rest of the family, while I worked after school. I dreamed of the day our family would be together again.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd tomorrow, it would finally happen. Would they love America like I did or would they say a curse on Columbus because the New World brought them nothing but trouble and hard work?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEve Tal\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the United States, but lives on Kibbutz Hatzor in Israel. \u003ci\u003eCursing Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e is her second young adult historical novel and is the sequel to \u003ci\u003eDouble Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, which is based on her grandfather's emigration story from the Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50297016615185,"sku":"CIN1933693592G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50420170326289,"sku":"CIN1933693592VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1933693592.jpg?v=1751314922","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/cursing-columbus-book-eve-tal-9781933693590","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}