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Second generationHoward Fast
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Second generation

442 pagesFirst published 197817 editions · 2 languages
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Born to enormous wealth and social standing, Barbara Lavette leaves her sumptuous home on San Francisco's Nob Hill to lead a life of adventure that takes her from the depression to the darkest days of World War II.Troubled by the conflicts of her dual inheritance and scornful of her mother's social world, Barbara sets out to build her own life in her own way, leading her to a Europe on the brink of Nazi terror. Along the way she falls deeply in love with a man of ardent passions and loyalties who risks his life to preserve the memories of the Jews who died in the concentration camps. How they…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionSourcebooks, Incorporated2010—9781322607528
EditionSourcebooks, Incorporated2010—9781402237973
EbookSourcebooks, Inc.2010—9781402249556
EditionSourcebooks Landmark2010—9781402237928
HardcoverI Books20054489781416508199
PaperbackI Books20015449780743423724
PaperbackHarcourt1998—9780156005135
AudiobookBookcassette1988—9780930435417
AudiobookUnabridged Library Edition1988—9781561000357
EditionCoronet19854419780340244005
Edition · spaPlaza & Janés19804429788401302923
PaperbackDell1980—9780440179153
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