The Girl from Foreign
A Memoir
Nonfiction, Travel, Family Travel, History, Jewish, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Sadia Shepard | ISBN: | 9781440637094 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | July 31, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sadia Shepard |
| ISBN: | 9781440637094 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | July 31, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
A search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home
Fascinating and intimate , The Girl from Foreign is one woman's search for ancient family secrets that leads to an adventure in far-off lands. Sadia Shepard, the daughter of a white Protestant from Colorado and a Muslim from Pakistan, was shocked to discover that her grandmother was a descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny Jewish community shipwrecked in India two thousand years ago. After traveling to India to put the pieces of her family's past together, her quest for identity unlocks a myriad of profound religious and cultural revelations that Shepard gracefully weaves into this touching, eye-opening memoir.
A search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home
Fascinating and intimate , The Girl from Foreign is one woman's search for ancient family secrets that leads to an adventure in far-off lands. Sadia Shepard, the daughter of a white Protestant from Colorado and a Muslim from Pakistan, was shocked to discover that her grandmother was a descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny Jewish community shipwrecked in India two thousand years ago. After traveling to India to put the pieces of her family's past together, her quest for identity unlocks a myriad of profound religious and cultural revelations that Shepard gracefully weaves into this touching, eye-opening memoir.
