The author of the "The Children's Blizzard "delivers an epic work
of twentieth century history through the riveting story of one
extraordinary Jewish family
In tracing the roots of this family--his own family--Laskin
captures the epic sweep of the twentieth century. A modern-day
scribe, Laskin honors the traditions, the lives, and the choices of
his ancestors: revolutionaries and entrepreneurs, scholars and
farmers, tycoons and truck drivers. "The Family" is a deeply
personal, dramatic, and emotional account of people caught in a
cataclysmic time in world history.
A century and a half ago, a Torah scribe and his wife raised six
children in a yeshivatown at the western fringe of the Russian
empire. Bound by their customs and ancient faith, the pious couple
expected their sons and daughter to carry family traditions into
future generations. But the social and political crises of our time
decreed otherwise.
The torrent of history took the scribe's family down three very
different roads. One branch immigrated to America and founded the
fabulously successful Maidenform Bra Company; another went to
Palestine as pioneers and participated in the contentious birth of
the state of Israel; the third branch remained in Europe and
suffered the onslaught of the Nazi occupation.
With cinematic power and beauty, bestselling author David Laskin
brings to life the upheavals of the twentieth century through the
story of one family, three continents, two world wars, and the rise
and fall of nations.
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