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Author:

Carner, Talia, author.

Title:

The third daughter : a novel / Talia Carner.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

399, 12 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Jews--Russia--Fiction.
Pogroms--Russia--Fiction.
Prostitution--Fiction.
Jewish women--Argentina--Fiction.
Human trafficking--Fiction.
Russia--History--1801-1917--Fiction.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--History--19th century--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes "P.S. insights, interview & more..." (12 pages). Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"The late 1800s find fourteen-year-old Batya in the Russian countryside, fleeing endless pogroms with her family. Desperate, her father leaps at the opportunity to marry Batya to a worldly, wealthy stranger who can guarantee his daughter an easy life and passage to America. Feeling like a princess in a fairytale, Batya leaves her old life behind as she is whisked away to a new world. But soon she discovers that she's entered a waking nightmare. Her new 'husband' does indeed bring her to America: Buenos Aires, a vibrant, growing city in which prostitution is not only legal but deeply embedded in the culture. And now Batya is one of thousands of women tricked and sold into the oldest profession in the world. As the years pass, Batya forms deep bonds with her 'sisters' in the brothel as well as some men who are both kind and cruel. Through it all, she holds onto one dream: to bring her family to America, where they will be safe from the anti-Semitism that plagues Russia."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0062896881
9780062896889

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1114603635

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