G252 E-Reading Book Review of The Debt of Tamar by Nicole Dweck
Name of Book: The Debt of Tamar Author: Nicole Dweck ISBN: 9780615583617 Publisher: Devon House Press Type of book: Judaism, hiding religion, Spain, Ottoman empire, reincarnation, parallels, 1940s-1950s, Israel, art, betrayal, discovery of religion, timeless love, Holocaust, 1500s, 1900s, Present Day Year it was published: 2013 Summary: During the second half of the 16th century, a wealthy widow by the name of Doña Antonia Nissim is arrested and charged with being a secret Jew. The punishment? Death by burning. Enter Suleiman the Magnificent, an Ottoman "Schindler," and the most celebrated sultan in all of Turkish history. With the help of the Sultan, the widow and her children manage their escape to Istanbul. Life is seemingly idyllic for the family in their new home, that is, until the Sultan's son meets and falls in love with Tamar, Doña Antonia's beautiful and free-spirited granddaughter. A quiet love affair ensues until one day, the girl vanis...