Bibliograph

The third daughter, a novel, Talia Carner

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The third daughter, a novel, Talia Carner

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The third daughter

Oclc number

1117331868

Responsibility statement

Talia Carner

Sub title

a novel

Summary

The turn of the 20th century finds fourteen-year-old Batya in the Russian countryside with her family, fleeing the endless pogroms. Desperate, her father leaps at the opportunity to marry Batya to a stranger who can guarantee his daughter an easy life and passage to America. 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. -- adapted from back cover

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