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Book Review of The Books of Rachel

The Books of Rachel
The Books of Rachel
Author: Joel Gross
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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For five hundred years, there has always been a Rachel. For, after each Rachel's death, the first daughter born to the family is given the name of Rachel and a heritage of faith and courage as precious as the family diamond. This is the story of those Rachels - a saga sweeping from the torture chambers of the Spanish Inquisition to the imfamous pleasure palaces of Venice... from the elegant salons of 18th century Germany to the horrors of the Holocaust... from the mighty drama of the birth of a Jewish homeland in Isreal to the hopes and hardships of America.