The Fortune Teller's Kiss
| Author | : Brenda Serotte |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2006-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780803243262 |
| ISBN-13 | : 080324326X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Fortune Teller's Kiss by : Brenda Serotte
Download or read book The Fortune Teller's Kiss written by Brenda Serotte and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the memoir of a Sephardic Jewish girl living among Ashkenazi neighbors in the Bronx. She comes down with polio just before her eighth birthday. She begins a fight against immobility set within a cultural realm where Catholic and Jew and Turkish Moslem once met. Where a beautiful aunt could be abducted into a Turkish harem and another aunt could still keep the 400-year-old iron key to the family house in the Cordoba of the Spanish Inquisition.
