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When King Xerxes of Persia issues a call for beautiful young women, Hadassah, a Jewish orphan living in Susa, is forcibly taken to the palace. After months of preparation, the girl known as Esther wins the king's heart and a queen's crown. Then she learns that an evil and ambitious man has won the king's permission to exterminate all Jews. Violating an ancient Persian law, she risks her life in order to save her people . . . and bind her husband's...
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Discover the intimate, profoundly stirring story of Esther, a simple Jewish girl, and Ahasuerus, the Great King of Persia, who finds in her the companion of his soul. In this meticulously researched novel, you'll experience Esther's first frightened days in the king's harem and her gradual awakening love; her anguished realization that she is God's chosen instrument, and her courageous defiance of Persian law that saved her people from destruction....
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"1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison but soon surprisingly becomes her refuge. 2018. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden...
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The International Bestseller
Maybe Esther is the inventive, unique, and extraordinarily moving debut memoir that pieces together the fascinating story of one woman’s family across twentieth-century Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany.
Katja Petrowskaja wanted to create a kind of family tree, charting relatives who had scattered across multiple countries and continents. Her idea blossomed into this striking
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"A Esther Earl le diagnosticaron cáncer de tiroides cuando tenía doce años. Murió en 2010, poco después de cumplir los dieciséis, pero antes inspiró a miles de personas. Estas extraordinarias memorias recogen los diarios, cuentos, cartas y esbozos de Esther. Además, las fotografías y escritos de su familia y amigos ayudan a narrar su historia, un testimonio conmovedor sobre el poder de la vida."--P. [4] of cover.
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"A haunting, magical novel about joy, grief, courage, and transformation from the international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. “On the afternoon that Esther Wilding drove homeward along the coast, a year after her sister had walked into the sea and disappeared, the light was painfully golden.” The last time Esther Wilding's beloved older sister Aura was seen, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of...
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