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Publication Date: February 4, 2013
Devon House Press
Paperback; 332p
ISBN-10: 061558361X During the second half of the 16th century, a wealthy widow by the name of Doña Antonia Nissim is arrested and charged with being a secret Jew. The punishment? Death by burning. Enter Suleiman the Magnificent, an Ottoman “Schindler,” and the most celebrated sultan in all of Turkish history. With the help of the Sultan, the widow and her children manage their escape to Istanbul. Life is seemingly idyllic for the family in their new home, that is, until the Sultan’s son meets and falls in love with Tamar, Doña Antonia’s beautiful and free-spirited granddaughter. A quiet love affair ensues until one day, the girl vanishes.
Over four centuries later, thirty-two year old Selim Osman, a playboy prince with a thriving real estate empire, is suddenly diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. Abandoning the mother of his unborn child, he vanishes from Istanbul without an explanation. In a Manhattan hospital, he meets Hannah, a talented artist and the daughter of a French Holocaust survivor. As their story intertwines with that of their ancestors, readers are taken back to Nazi-occupied Paris, and to a sea-side village in the Holy Land where a world of secrets is illuminated.
Theirs is a love that has been dormant for centuries, spanning continents, generations, oceans, and religions. Bound by a debt that has lingered through time, they must right the wrongs of the past if they’re ever to break the shackles of their future.
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Review: The Debt Of Tamar is a the kind of story I love. It is full of history, but it really spans the years starting in the mid-1500s and taking the reader right through to the present.
I think the first thing that really drew me in to this story was the cover. Yeah, I'm that kinda reader sometimes. But really, the cover is absolutely stunning and does seem to bring the past and the present together in that one image.
I love how romance is wound through this tale along with mystery. Really what is Dona Antonia's secret? This is the type of book you read when you have a lot of time, because once you start it you won't want to put it down.
I looked at this story as one that is told in parts. The first part tells how the debt came to be. This is the part of the story that takes place in the past. It is rich in historical detail, about how life was for the Jewish during the time of The Spanish Inquisition.
The next part of the story flashes forward to WWII and the time shortly after. And then to the present. All of the lives you learn about are intertwined in the original story.
At first I found the length of this novel a bit daunting. It is nearly 500 pages long, but as I got involved in the characters and their lives, the pages just flew on by. The ending left me breathless and in tears. It is a happy yet not so happy ending to the story. (That's all I'll say without spoiling it.)
This is a book not to be missed.
Rating: 5 flowers
About the Author
Nicole Dweck is a writer whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country.As a descendant of Sephardic (Spanish) refugees who escaped the Inquisition and settled on Ottoman territory, Dweck has always been interested in Sephardic history and the plight of refugees during the Spanish Inquisition. The Debt of Tamar, her debut novel, was a two-time finalist in the UK’s Cinnamon Press Novel Award Competition. It has also received an honorable award mention in the category of Mainstream/Literary Fiction from Writers Digest and was the highest rated book for two weeks running on the Harper Collin’s “Authonomy” website. It has claimed a #1 Bestseller spot in the Amazon Kindle Middle East Fiction category, a #1 Bestseller spot in Amazon Kindle Jewish Fiction category, and has been included as one of the “Hot 100″ Kindle bestsellers in the category of Historical Fiction.
Dweck holds a BA in Journalism and a Masters Degree in Global Studies with a focus on Middle East Affairs (NYU) . Her non-fiction articles have appeared in several magazines and newspapers including The New York Observer and Haute Living Magazine.
She lives in New York City with her husband and son.
For more information visit Nicole’s website. You can also connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.
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