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Available
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Publication
Kiepenheuer (1996), 189 pages
Description
A paperback edition of the hardcover published in 1996, The Shovel & the Loom portrays a young philosophy student in the Jewish quarter of Antwerp, Belgium, whose interest in Jewish history & Scripture is heightened & then tested through her studies, her relationships with her survivor parents, & her love for the young Hasidic boy entrusted to her care. The author is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor & the author of Nightfather & The Gray Lover.
User reviews
LibraryThing member hvg
nice little tale about a philosophy student juggling life, study, and a job as a nanny in an orthodox Jewish household. Written by a Roman Catholic female who thinks she's a Jewess. To each their own, I'd say, but if you do so, why not convert? Kinda odd(the writer), but I enjoyed the book.
Original publication date
1993
ISBN
3378005955 / 9783378005952