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Home is an Island
by
Alfred Lewis
"Home is an Island" is California writer Alfred Lewis's only novel, published by Random House in 1951, tells the tale of a young man in the Azores about to immigrate to America. It became a bestseller and was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Sunday Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications.
The story is a semi-autobiographical narr...more
The story is a semi-autobiographical narr...more
Hardcover, First editon., 308 pages
Published
1951
by Random House
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Gave this an extra star for a couple of reasons. As we've researched family emigration from the Azores during this period, this book helped us answer two questions. Why did they leave? And how did they feel? A beautiful and simple story from a young boys real life on the island of Flores and his decision to depart for America when he came of age.
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