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The girl from foreign : a search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home

Title
The girl from foreign : a search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home / Sadia Shepard.
Author
Shepard, Sadia.
Publication
New York : The Penguin Press, 2008.

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Description
364 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
Summary
In this beautifully crafted memoir, a young Muslim-Christian woman travels to an insular Jewish community in India to unlock her family's secret history.
Subject
  • Shepard, Sadia
  • Shepard, Sadia > Family
  • Jews > United States > Identity
  • Jewish women > United States > Biography
  • Jewish women > India > Biography
  • Muslim converts from Judaism > United States > Biography
  • Grandparent and child > Biography
Contents
pt. 1. Storytelling -- pt. 2. Fieldwork -- pt. 3. Departures.
Call Number
*PXZ 08-116
ISBN
  • 9781594201516 (hc. : alk. paper)
  • 159420151X (hc. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008003912
OCLC
181601815
Author
Shepard, Sadia.
Title
The girl from foreign : a search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home / Sadia Shepard.
Imprint
New York : The Penguin Press, 2008.
Research Call Number
*PXZ 08-116
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