The Forgetting River: A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition

by Doreen Carvajal

Book Overview

The unexpected and moving story of an American journalist who works to uncover her family's long-buried Jewish ancestry in Spain. Raised a Catholic in California,? New York Times ?journalist Doreen Carvajal is shocked when she discovers that her background may actually be connected to conversos in Inquisition-era Spain , Jews who were forced to renounce their faith and convert to Christianity or face torture and death. With vivid childhood memories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594487391
• ISBN13: 9781594487392
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher