Legacy

Though I have not read the others, it was the fourth book in the sequence and can be read as"a stand alone" It was unputdownable.......more

The fourth novel in the Lavette Family series covers a span of ten years (1958-1968). The lives and experiences of the Lavette family continues along, intertwined with the Levy and Cassala families. The focus shifts to the grandchildren, now grown and just starting to branch out on their own althoug......more

ENTERTAINING SOAP-OPERA / HISTORICAL FICTION. “There has to be an end someday to this dividing the world up into races and religions and nations, all of them with a license to murder anyone who is different…” (kl. 5979) Howard Fast is a master at writing compelling historical fiction / soap opera. His......more

I generally love big, sweeping family sagas, but not this one. In order to enjoy a saga one must find the characters somewhat interesting and likable, but I didn't. I found Barbara Lavette a self-important pretentious bore and the next generation of self-absorbed brats even worse. The characters wer......more

This is Book 4 of The Immigrant Series and (like the others) excellent reading.......more