{"product_id":"memories-from-cherry-harvest-paperback","title":"Memories from Cherry Harvest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Wachspress\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree generations of women struggle with oppression in this prize-winning historical saga from \"a natural born storyteller\" (Julia Alvarez). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen I remember Russia, I ache with longing for the village of my birth, where the beloved grandparents magically produced candy in a handshake and told stories of long ago when God spoke to humans and enchantments filled the world . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo Jewish sisters, born in Russia shortly before the Communist Revolution, are forced to flee the pogroms and persecution and travel with their parents to British-occupied Palestine. The girls' parents befriend a widower with two children and join forces, creating a blended family. When the girls are teenagers, World War II tears the family apart, sending the girls separately to France and America. Their lives unfold in tandem: babies are born, friendships forged, and cherry pies baked--despite the brutal backdrop of the Holocaust. As the family grows into the next generation, one of the daughters, an artist drawn to a bohemian lifestyle, surrounds herself with a multicultural circle of friends the likes of which her ancestors could not have imagined. Subsequently, the artist's turns her passion to providing aid to Salvadoran refugees fleeing the death squads in their homeland, just as her own grandmother once fled the pogroms of Russia. As she follows her vocation of reversing the damage that torturers inflict on their victims, she must also overcome a past-life trauma that haunts her very core. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA winner of the Fabri Literary Prize, \u003ci\u003eMemories from Cherry Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e spans seventy years and five continents, explores the physics of memory, and shows how the tenacity of good can ultimately withstand and overcome the memory of tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like Julia Alvarez's \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e and Doris Lessing's \u003ci\u003eMartha Quest\u003c\/i\u003e novels, this story about fighting the injustices of the 20th century will engage readers of politically charged fiction.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Wachspress\u003c\/b\u003e has an M.A. in English Language and Literature and has raised over $100 million in funds as a grant writer for projects in more than twenty-five states. She is the author of the award-winning children's fantasy adventure \u003ci\u003eThe Call to Shakabaz\u003c\/i\u003e. She and her husband raised their three children on forty acres of remote forest in rural northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759225471264,"sku":"9781593764401","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/239fc0bf67de79022c44c2ef6f568524.webp?v=1780145996","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/memories-from-cherry-harvest-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}