Novel set in 1950s HOLLYWOOD and EALING (London)
Ravenscraig
Location(s): Winnipeg
Genre(s): Historical, Romance
Era(s): Turn of 20th Century
Romance, scandal, and tragedy grip the lives of two families and threaten to destroy them both in Ravenscraig, by Sandi Krawchenko Altner. Winner of the 2012 Carol Shields Book Award, Ravenscraig, pitches rich against poor in the height of the immigration boom a century ago. Rupert Willows buries his cruel past and schemes his way to wealth and power when he buys his opulent home, Ravenscraig Hall. Zev Zigman, a devout Jew, mounts a desperate struggle to bring his family out of czarist Russia. At the center is the feisty Maisie, who hides her Jewish roots to enter the world of “The English” as a well-paid maid at Ravenscraig. Love, anger and determination fuel the treacherous journey ahead.
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