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    Second Generation
    Second Generation
    Second Generation
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    Second Generation

    Written by Howard Fast

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    "A novel of satisfying depth and breadth, written in good, clean, forceful prose."—Chicago Tribune

    Second Generation follows the Lavette immigrants through the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II.

    Desperate for independence and scornful of the hypocrisy of the upper class, Barbara Lavette is determined to make her own way in the world. After abandoning her privileged life in San Francisco to disguise herself as a poor volunteer down on the wharf, Barbara journeys to France to report on the onset of Nazi terror and the coming of World War II.

    But when tragedy strikes deep at the heart of the life Barbara has built for herself in Europe, she is forced to return to San Francisco heartbroken and alone and face the family she ran away from.

    Continuing the epic Lavette family saga, Howard Fast's fascinating historical fiction vividly depicts the struggles to persevere in Immigrant America.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 1, 2008
    ISBN9781423372172
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    Howard Fast

    Howard Fast (1914–2003) was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933. In 1950, his refusal to provide the United States Congress with a list of possible Communist associates earned him a three-month prison sentence. During his incarceration, Fast wrote one of his best-known novels, Spartacus (1951). Throughout his long career, Fast matched his commitment to championing social justice in his writing with a deft, lively storytelling style.

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    • 4/5
      Found a very dusty original edition of this book amongst my late husband's books and set it aside as one to read. Read it cover to cover yesterday and found it fascinating. Though I had to stop from time to time to sort out which things where historical fact and which where fiction. That actually became kind of a game for me that made reading it all the more fun. I loved how the characters were so intertwined and the ways in which the grew and changed. Definitely a worthy read.