Joyce Yarrow
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Seattle journalist Alienor Crespo travels to Spain to claim the promise of citizenship offered to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. As she relives history through her vijitas (visits) with her ancestors, Alienor also confronts modern-day extremism and commits herself to protecting an endangered "Library of Light"--A hidden treasure trove of medieval Hebrew and Arabic books, saved from the fires of the Inquisition.
2) Stolen Lives
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First Place in International Suspense - Firebird AwardJournalist Alienor Crespo pursues an intriguing and explosive story about the tons of gold shipped to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War and the endangered children who made the same journey. When Alienor uses her second sight to connect past events with her present-day investigation of Spain's "stolen babies," she puts her life in danger.Stolen Lives begins during World War II on the...
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En este thriller histórico que se desarrolla en una línea temporal doble, la periodista de Seattle Alienor Crespo busca reconectarse con sus raíces sefardíes y viaja a España con la intención de obtener la ciudadanía ofrecida a los descendientes de los judíos expulsados en 1492. Mientras revive la historia a través de sus vijitas ( visitas) con sus antepasados, descubre en su árbol genealógico a familiares tanto judíos como musulmanes....
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2020.
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Seattle journalist Alienor Crespo travels to Spain to claim the promise of citizenship offered to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. As she relives history through her vijitas (visits) with her ancestors, Alienor also confronts modern-day extremism and commits herself to protecting an endangered "Library of Light"--A hidden treasure trove of medieval Hebrew and Arabic books, saved from the fires of the Inquisition.
En este thriller...