false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166661400m/14769.jpg 14769 7 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.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 16776 book 1985 Davita's Harp total:1262|5:351|4:484|3:350|2:61|1:16| 1262 4879 1563 103 4 2 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 11:02:22 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 13:38:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 11:26:35 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 12:55:03 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 18:37:19 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 18:38:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 10:24:37 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:00:08 -0700 2009 Davita's Harp had me even more hooked than Asher Lev did. At first I was wondering if the stories were going to entwine beca...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:11:41 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:23:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 15:09:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 15:17:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 06:33:30 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 09:26:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false true Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:31:57 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:38:37 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Mar 29 21:12:58 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 21:21:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 08:34:14 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 13:21:40 -0700 2008
The story begins with Ilana, the daughter of radicals supporting Communist ideals, moving from apartment to apartment because of her parents 'meetings'. This is after WWI and prior to WWII. Her dad,...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 19:16:09 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 19:25:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:01:45 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 14:22:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 16:24:22 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 08:42:36 -0700 2008 From this book...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Thu Jun 05 08:57:51 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 09:26:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 01:29:07 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 23:21:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:17:31 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:22:29 -0800 2009
A very touching, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 06:23:31 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:56:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 07:28:14 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:45:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:55:40 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:00:13 -0700 2009 There is a lot of sadness in this story, but it is so beautifully written that it was hard to put down. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 17 07:59:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:04:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14769