Ciddor, Anna,

The family with two front doors / Anna Ciddor. - First American edition. - 204 pages ; 20 cm

Originally published in 2016 by Allen & Unwin.

The letter -- The market -- Beggar's Day -- Gefilte fish -- Mama's wig -- Braiding the Challah -- Chaim's disaster -- Is it too late? -- The Sabbath queen -- The strangers -- Shabbos -- Nightfall -- It's today -- Inspection of the bride -- The dowry -- The betrothal -- The picnic -- Preparations -- The haircut -- Mordechai arrives -- The chuppah -- Celebrations -- The last dance -- Author's note -- Glossary.

The days and nights of the Rabinovitch family--a rabbi, his wife, and their nine children who live in the Jewish quarter of Lublin, Poland, in the 1920s--are filled with joy, adventure, and ritual, but the biggest adventure occurs one summer when the oldest daughter Adina is betrothed to a young man from Warsaw. Based on the history of the author's Nana Nomi.

Ages 8-12. Ages 8-12.

9781541500112 1541500113 9781541500129 1541500121

2017013146


Rabinovitch, Nomi--Family--Juvenile fiction.
Rabinovitch, Nomi--Family--Fiction.


1918-1945


Jews--Poland--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Poland--Juvenile fiction.
Arranged marriage--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--Poland--Fiction.
Family life--Poland--Fiction.
Arranged marriage--Fiction.


Poland--History--1918-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Poland--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.


Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction

JUV PZ 7 .C4906 / Fam 2018