Fic­tion

Davi­ta’s Harp

Chaim Potok
  • From the Publisher
December 23, 2014
For Davi­ta Chan­dal, grow­ing up in the New York of the 1930s and 40s is an expe­ri­ence of joy and sad­ness. Her lov­ing par­ents, both fer­vent rad­i­cals, fill her with the fierce­ly bright hope of a new and bet­ter world. But as the depri­va­tions of war and depres­sion take a ruth­less toll, Davi­ta unex­pect­ed­ly turns to the Jew­ish faith that her moth­er had long ago aban­doned, find­ing there both a solace for her ques­tion­ing inner pain and a test of her bud­ding spir­it of independence.

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