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A Foolish Virgin

Product Number: D5152
Released: 01 Mar, 2017
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ISBN: #9781510056497
Narrator(s): Imogen Church
Publisher: W F Howes
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It is the roaring twenties, and Gittel is living with her parents whose blazing rows are the traditional preserve of Jewish public holidays. Much to her delight, Gittel makes the acquaintance of the well-to-do Mardell family, but when these friendships turn out to be nothing but an illusion, Gittel learns her first lessons about trust and betrayal. Through this intimate portrayal of familial strife set in the shadow of the Holocaust, Simons has written a timeless ode to a carefree interlude in a dark and dramatic period.

Author(s): Ida Simons
Original Publish Date: 01 Mar, 2017

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Author(s): Ida Simons
Narrator(s): Imogen Church
Product Number MPCD2269
Released: 01 Mar, 2017
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Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781510054851
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Author(s): Ida Simons
Product Number LP4074
Released: 01 Jun, 2017
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Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781510070202
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Author(s): Ida Simons
Narrator(s): Imogen Church
Product Number CX3593
Released: 01 Mar, 2017
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Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781510054844

Professional reviews

"2014 by Uitgeverij Cossee and the heirs of Ida Simons, English translation copyright © 2016 by Liz Waters, Copyright foreword © 2016 by Eva Cossée A rediscovered classic of Dutch literature that was hailed as "the Dutch Stoner" and compared to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. “A debut between Franz Kafka and John Cheever. A must-read book.” DE STANDAARD “This rediscovered novel from 1959 from the Dutch-Flemish Ida Simons is this summer's Stoner.” ALGEMEEN DAGBLAD"

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