Living a Jewish Life by Anita Diamant
A Nation divided. Two families face tragedy and an uncertain future as tensions rise in the years approaching the American Civil War. This is the story of the building of a legacy in the Texas wilderness. a legacy built on a foundation forged from Faith and Love. The town of Granbury, Texas has twice been voted America's best historic small town. This is the story of its beginnings- told through the stories of two of its founding families. Jesse Nutt and Elizabeth Landers had been married less than a year when he and his brother Jacob are blinded in horrific incident spawned by the turmoil that swept our Nation in the tumultuous years prior to the war that threatened to sever the ties that bound the United States into one Union. In the aftermath of this personal tragedy, the young people and their families struggle to find a way forward as their world crumbles around them. Determined to make a life for themselves and those they love, the two families form an alliance founded in their strong faith in God and the future of the Nation they love, and travel westward to the Texas wilderness as pioneers. They settle in a new land fed by the waters of a great river named by the Spanish explorers El Rio de los Brazos de Dios, the River of the Arms of God, hoping to find both a future and a refuge Safe in the Arms of God.
Diamant, Anita: -
Anita Diamant is the author of The Red Tent, a word-of-mouth bestseller and the Booksense Best Fiction selection. She is also the author of the novels Good Harbor, The Last Days of Dogtown and Day After Night, a collection of essays, Pitching My Tent, as well as six books about contemporary Jewish life, including The New Jewish Wedding and Choosing a Jewish Life: A Guidebook for People Converting to Judaism. Diamant grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and Denver, Colorado. She has a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's in English from the State University of New York at Binghamton. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780062734433 |
| ISBN 10 | 0062734431 |
| Title | Living a Jewish Life |
| Author | Anita Diamant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 1996-08-16 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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