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Neville D. Frankel<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ISBN: 978-1-944884-10-9 (pbk.)
\nISBN: 978-1-944884-11-6 (ebook)
\n480 pages: $18.95
\nJanuary 16, 2017<\/p>\n

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Finalist for\u00a0the 2017 National Jewish Book Award!<\/h3>\n
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What we cannot keep. What we cannot lose.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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A sweeping masterwork of love and loss, secrets and survival,\u00a0On the Sickle’s Edge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is told through the voices of three characters who lay bare their family\u2019s saga: the endearing, scrappy South-African born Lena, transported to Latvia and later trapped in the USSR; her granddaughter Darya, a true Communist whose growing disillusionment with Soviet ideology places her family at mortal risk; and Steven, a painter from Boston who inadvertently stumbles into the tangled web of his family\u2019s past. Against the roiling backdrop of twentieth-century Russia and Eastern Europe, the novel delivers equal parts historical drama, political thriller and poignant love story.<\/p>\n

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On the Sickle’s Edge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through some of the most tumultuous events of the 20th century. Instantly immersed in seven generations of the Shtein family, we witness their exhilarating celebrations and provocative controversies, and gain an intimate understanding of the pivotal events in South Africa, Latvia and the Soviet Union. Neville Frankel\u2019s ability to combine historical insight and human passion is spellbinding. I couldn\u2019t put it down.\u00a0
\n—Pamela Katz<\/strong>,\u00a0The Partnership: Brecht, Weill, Three Women,<\/strong> and Germany on the Brink<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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In the hands of a masterful storyteller,\u00a0On the Sickle’s Edge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0pits the weight of an oppressive regime against individual tenacity and profound personal courage. Inspired by Frankel’s own family history, this multi-generational epic holds up a mirror to a universal truth: all immigrants face the powerful tension between assimilation and cultural identity. We have–all of us–lived life on the edge of the sickle.
\n—Rabbi Andrew Baker<\/strong>, Director of International Jewish Affairs, American Jewish Committee<\/p>\n

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