The Sweetness
Early in The Sweetness, an inquisitive young girl asks her grandmother why she is carrying nothing but a jug of sliced lemons and water when they are forced by the Germans to evacuate their ghetto. "Something sour to remind me of the sweetness," she tells her, setting the theme for what they must...
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Early in The Sweetness, an inquisitive young girl asks her grandmother why she is carrying nothing but a jug of sliced lemons and water when they are forced by the Germans to evacuate their ghetto. "Something sour to remind me of the sweetness," she tells her, setting the theme for what they must remember to survive. Set during World War II, the novel is the parallel tale
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781631529078 (1631529072)
ASIN: 1631529072
Publisher: She Writes Press
Pages no: 318
Edition language: English
I just realized when I posted my last review that I neglected to write about the book “The Sweetness”, which I read earlier this summer. I feel terrible, because this was such a compelling book, and should be on your to-read list. I think I must have put it aside when it was fresh, hoping to be more...
1941 — Vilna, Poland: Eight year old Rosha Kaninsky’s life is about to change in ways she is ill-prepared to understand. She lives with her father and mother, Mordecai and Ester, and her grandmother whom she fondly calls Bubba. Things had been quite different for several days – she could no longer...
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