WHERE DO I GO By Beverly Magid January, 2018 MY REVIEW from Donnasbookblog.wordpress.com I am a massive fan of historical fiction and this book really had me gripped. It is a poignant book that really tugged on my heartstrings, it is a lovely book to read and I was really impressed with the […]
This week my guest is historical fiction author Beverly Magid. Before writing her first novel, Beverly was a journalist and an entertainment and celebrity PR executive. She interviewed many luminaries, including John Lennon, Jim Croce, and the Monty Python gang. As publicist, she represented clients in music, tv, and film, ranging from Whoopi Goldberg to […]
When a good story with compelling characters also brings history alive for me, I am hooked. Sown in tears is such a book. We may learn the facts about Czarist Russia in the early twentieth century – the pograms, and the devastation of Jewish communities by the Cossacks from history books, but let a writer […]
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Beverly Magid talks about her new book, SOWN IN TEARS set in Russia, 1905, a turbulent time of unrest and rampant anti-semitism. After an attack on her village, Leah Peretz is alone to care for her two young children. Her life is further complicated by the unexpected attentions of a Russian officer, who is drawn […]
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Title: Sown in Tears Author: Beverly Magid Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on 18 September 2012 Genre: Historical Fiction Labels: Russia, Russian History, Jewish History, Early 20th Century, Revolution Format: Paperback Age: Adult Pages: 194 Rating: 5 Stars Summary: Rural village of Koritz, Russia 1905. Leah and her husband Morris and sons Benny and Joseph, […]
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Sown in Tears by Beverly Magid – In this story, Leah survives a pogrom with her two young children. As she rebuilds her life as a widow, she finds herself tangled up with the local Russian commander as well as the growing Communist/worker movement. I was very taken with Leah’s story and found the book […]
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You’ve self-published both of your novels, what advice can you give authors considering going this route? If you’re as impatient as I am regarding agents and traditional publishing, self-publishing is a great venue and no longer stigmatized by either the reading public or the publishing industry. Case in point: Fifty Shades of Gray (which started […]
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This gripping book opens with a scene of a raid on Jewish village in Czarist Russia as local peasants unleash a torrent of violence against its occupants. The reader is thrust int the cruel world inhabited by Leah Peretz, the main protagonist, as she and her husband, Morris, struggle to protect their young children from […]
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