This story is about a young girl, Estrella, in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. Her family has been secretly practicing Judaism without her ever even knowing it. Her whole life she practiced Judaism in private and Catholicism in public. When the law begins to really crack down on Jews everyone in the city goes mad. Everyone begins accusing his or her neighbor of being a Jew and eventually the accusation falls on Estrella's family. The story is about the bonds of friendship, first love, family unity, and the persecution of religion.
I love this novel. I listened to it on a trip with my husband and we've been talking about it ever since. the subject matter is controversial, but tastefully portrayed in the novel. The author writes prose like poetry - it's beautiful.
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