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The Book of Abraham

A family saga with a difference.

The Book of Abraham opens on the backdrop of a burning Jerusalem in 70 AD as Abraham the Temple scribe flees the destruction of his home. Two thousand years and a hundred generations later, another Abraham perishes, immolated in the fires of the Warsaw Ghetto.

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But the chain that links these two Abrahams—a chain that stretches from Jerusalem to Warsaw through Rome, Alexandria, France and Greece—is one of family ties, and the unforgettable, powerful and poignant story that is told is that of one family—the author's own.

Setting
Middle East
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 797 pages

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