Qesher Book Club: "Across So Many Seas"
Tue, Mar 26
|Webinar
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life. To register: https://www.qesher.com/across-so-many-seas/
Time & Location
Mar 26, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Webinar
About the event
To register: https://www.qesher.com/across-so-many-seas/
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life. In 1492, during the Spanish Inquisition, Benvenida and her family are banished from Spain. Four centuries later, in 1923, shortly after the Turkish War of Independence, Reina's father ships her away to Cuba. In 1961, Reina's daughter, Alegra, teaches literacy in the Cuban countryside. But Fidel Castro's crackdowns force her to flee to Miami. Finally, in 2003, Alegra's daughter, Paloma, is thrilled by the opportunity to learn more about her heritage on a family trip to Spain, where she makes a momentous discovery. Though many years and many seas separate these girls, each is lucky to stand on the shoulders of their courageous ancestors.
About the author:
Ruth Behar,…