Overview
An āepic and marvelously entertainingā family saga by award-winning author Linda Grant about the European Jewish experience from WWI to the present day, that āconstantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully backā (Financial Times).
Itās 1913 when Mina, the young and carefree daughter of a Jewish merchant, roams into a forest on the edge of the Baltic Sea looking for mushrooms. Instead, she encounters a gang of unruly, charismatic Bolsheviksāan adventure that will become the stuff of familial lore for generations to come. Intending to save her from further corruption, and in an act that forever changes the trajectory of their familyās life, Mina and her eldest brother, Jossel, board a ship to England.
There the threat of a different war looms large. When WWI hits, Jossel is sent to the front, where he keeps a severely wounded soldier in his unit alive ātil morning by telling him talesāincluding that his sister Mina will marry him if he survives. The soldier lives and asks for Minaās hand, their marriage uniting two growing trade dynasties. But over time Mina and Jossel will learn that not everyone in their family has survived the wars and pogroms, even as they and their offspring struggle to build new lives in Liverpool in the midst of ever-shifting discriminations.
Based on the authorās own family history and legends, The Story of the ForestāÆis a remarkable record of family lore; a meditation on the power of stories to ground us, particularly in the face of lifeās inevitable losses, told with a keen wit and a sharp eye to the charms and the foibles of family by masterful British novelist Linda Grant.
This book title, The Story of the Forest (A Novel), ISBN: 9781638931683, by Linda Grant, published by Zando (October 1, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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