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Out of the Ashes, Almonds and Raisins

The widowed matriarch of a proud Jewish family struggles to maintain stability as they weather many storms in this stirring saga.

As Marianne strives to balance the demands of her career against the need to hold her family together, it is memories of her grandmother, Sarah, that fill her mind. Marianne is determined to maintain the loyalty and values that she fears the younger generation have lost, but this is no easy task.

As tragedy befalls her actor nephew, the havoc wreaked by a disturbed child and her son’s marriage erodes, it’s the far-reaching consequences of one of the family’s marrying a German girl that causes most ripples. Marianne’s own life takes an unexpected turn when she meets a man whose love threatens everything she has fought to save.

The fourth book in the much-loved Almonds and Raisins series from international bestselling author Maisie Mosco, perfect for fans of Emma Hornby and Sheelagh Kelly.

Praise for the writing of Maisie Mosco 

“Once in every generation or so a book comes along which lifts the curtain.” —The Guardian

“Full of freshness and fascination.” —Manchester Evening News

“The undisputed queen of her genre.” —Jewish Chronicle

Maisie Mosco

Maisie Mosco was born in Oldham in 1924, the eldest of three children. Her parents were of Latvian Jewish and Viennese Jewish descent, and both sides emigrated to England around 1900. She wanted to study medicine, but had to leave school at the age of 14 to help in the family business. She joined the ATS aged 18, and ended the war helping illiterate soldiers to read. After the war, she edited The Jewish Gazette, and wrote radio plays for the BBC. The author of sixteen novels, she died in London in 2011, aged 86.

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