The Light of the Midnight Stars

By Rena Rossner,

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A SPELLBINDING TALE OF LOVE AND LOSS, SISTERHOOD AND THE TANGLED THREADS OF FATE.

'Blending folktale with history, hope with tragedy, its touch will linger on your heart long after you put it down' Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series

This is how a fairy tale…

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1 author picked The Light of the Midnight Stars as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is an absolutely gorgeous, lyrical read that does my favorite thing: blending folklore–in this case, Eastern European Jewish traditions–with historical individuals and events. It’s melancholy without being unrelentingly grim, hopeful without ignoring the hard edges of history, and it does a beautiful job of weaving its various strands together.

I don’t tend to read a lot of books that captivate me from the first page with their prose, but this was one of them.

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