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Chargement... Always an Olivia: A Remarkable Family History (Jewish Identity)par Carolivia Herron
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The note at the end of the book explains that when the author's ancestor was saved from pirates, she was placed with the Geechees, free Blacks on Georgia Sea Island, because at that time, Jews were not considered to be "white." The author belongs to a synagogue in Washington, D.C., but there is no mention of whether she chose to connect to her Jewish heritage or if her predecessors all saw themselves as Jewish. In any case, there is a family custom to have someone named Olivia in each generation. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Juvenile Fiction.
Picture Book Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: An elderly black grandmother passes on the story of the family??s Jewish origins to her young granddaughter, Carol Olivia. As family members flee the Spanish Inquisition, are kidnapped by pirates and eventually sail to America, one daughter in each generation is given the name Olivia, from the Hebrew Shulamit meaning ??peace,? to honor the Jewish part of their ancestry. Critically-acclaimed author Carolivia Herron (Nappy Hair) shares this engaging, multicultural tale is based on her own family's herit Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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