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by ShivaunWoolfson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $4.84

  Growing up in 1960s Dublin in a wealthy Jewish family, Shivaun survives the physical abuse of a beautiful and damaged mother. Desperate to belong, she abandons her Jewish roots and flees her family, her home and her family to seek comfort among the followers of an Indian guru.At 21, still haunted by her past, Shivaun makes her way to Miami and marries a handsome refugee, straight off the boat from Cuba. But Julio is a womanizer and drug dealer and Shivaun soon becomes embroiled in Miami's seedy underworld. Eight months pregnant, she finds herself in prison, her chances of ever gaining American citizenship ruined. Finally, she finds the courage to walk away, and, alone with two small boys, she fights back. For the first time, she also discovers meaningful love and is then, at last, able to begin plotting her journey home.