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Book Excerpt...
Chapter One, Grazia
Edict of Expulsion:
31st of March, 1492
Accused of ritual murder in Granada and not under jurisdiction of
the Inquisition, the Church orders expulsion of all Jews and
Marranos from Spain within four months.
Granada, Spain
2 Ab 5252 (4 August 1492)
“Hermando, no. Please. Hanna’s still a girl. She made a mistake.” My
mother appealed to my father even as she, too, made preparations for
our long journey. The air in the front room of our home that served
as our place of trade reeked with anger and frustration. Despair
replaced hope. Three months had passed since the Edict of Expulsion
on the thirty-first of Adar. Originally we were to leave on the
first day of Ab but the monarchs in their cruel contempt gave us one
more day.
“No!” my father shouted, gathering stacks of Byzantine silks and
flax linen. Furious, he stuffed them into large hemp bags. A swath
of crimson tapestry fell to the floor.
“But Hanna’s only fourteen.”
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New Release...
Jean Rubin, a multi-tasker, has too much
to do. She tries to find sanity in a world where environmental
issues and political corruption make you laugh out loud. Wickedly
funny!
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2nd Place
(Silver) for
Women's Fiction at the 2010 Living Now Book Awards
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Voted Best in the Satire/Humor Category
by The Arizona Publishers Association's 2010
Arizona Book Awards
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Honorable Mention
at the Writers-Editors Florida State Writing Competition for 2007
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Finalist in the Historical Category for Foreward magazine Book of
the Year |
1920s Poland. 1940s New York City 1960s
Miami
Driven by cataclysmic events, Paper Children encompasses three
generations of women, their passion for life and the secret history
of pain that follows them.
Paulina, a privileged young woman who is part of Warsaw society,
finds herself faced with the dilemma of family or marital loyalty.
From a distance she finds herself torn as the Nazis tighten their
grip on Poland.
Driven by anger, her daughter, Sarah, a photographer, makes critical
choices after witnessing the Displaced Person's camps in Europe in
the wake of WWII. She forges a life of independence.
Mimi, Sarah's daughter, a vulnerable young woman, uses her curiosity
about the Holocaust to create a truth for herself.
This exquisitely researched novel based on personal family history
and treasured letters reflects post-war life for people forced to
begin again.
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Awarded 1st Prize
from the AZ Author's Association
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Honorable Mention
at the Writers-Editors Florida State Writing
Competition for 2007 |
In parallel stories set in 15th century
Portugal and the 1990s, two women search for their identities. Set
against historical events of persecution, The Blind Eye, a
reference to a prejudiced prophet, creates a narrative about a
family expelled from Spain in 1492 and a woman in Miami of Cuban
descent.
Funny, smart and dissatisfied with her life, Alegra Cardoza endures
her sisters' criticisms about her looks and lifestyle. When she
impulsively accepts a job with a cranky professor, it catapults her
into the world of Sephardim, Jews of Spanish descent.
A parallel story focuses on Grazia and her niece, Bellina, who are
forced to live duplicitous lives. Based on true events at Rossio
Square and the forced mass conversions at Os Estaos in Portugal, the
saga takes us from the shores of Europe to South America.
A thrilling novel that spans centuries, The Blind Eye tells
the story of perseverance, discovery and commitment.
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Published in 2003, Boomerang
takes up where Gossip.com leaves off, finding Jean Rubin coping
with a challenge to academic freedom and a "boomerang" son who
returns home with his pregnant girlfriend. Add to the mix a
couple of slick scam artists reaching into the wallets of
Scottsdale's finest and you have a recipe for a cleverly woven
and very funny send-up of a place where people take themselves
way too seriously.
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Published
in 2000, Gossip.com was a success in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area
of Arizona where the story is located. Though fictional, the
story is a biting, comical satire of the sometimes
cruel and oftimes frivolous lifestyle where people with too much
money living in a place that is too hot develop a community
obsession with one-upping each other.
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