Almonds and Raisins Series by Maisie Mosco

The first in a trilogy about a Jewish family who flee Eastern Europe in the early 20th century and settle in Manchester, England. In the cold world of Manchester in 1905 the family Sandberg found the good things of life scarce and the hardships bitter as the chill northern winds. Sarah, the mother. A born survivor stranded in a land of strangers by the vicious tides of persecution. David, the eldest son... moreThe first in a trilogy about a Jewish family who flee Eastern Europe in the early 20th century and settle in Manchester, England. In the cold world of Manchester in 1905 the family Sandberg found the good things of life scarce and the hardships bitter as the chill northern winds. Sarah, the mother. A born survivor stranded in a land of strangers by the vicious tides of persecution. David, the eldest son. Growing to manhood in a new world and torn between the clear-cut lines of duty and his own driving ambition. Through the Great War and the Depression, through the first fears of darker years to come, the Sandbergs reach out for the bitter and the sweet of life, the almonds and the raisins. less

Abraham Patrick, grandson of the Jewish matriarch, Marianne, has inherited his Catholic mother’s family title and has begun to question the privileged life that seems to have come too easily. Meanwhile, his cousins Janis, Jeremy, and Bessie wrestle with their own destinies, as the untimely, deaths of their parents raise too many questions about who might have wanted them dead, and why... moreAbraham Patrick, grandson of the Jewish matriarch, Marianne, has inherited his Catholic mother’s family title and has begun to question the privileged life that seems to have come too easily. Meanwhile, his cousins Janis, Jeremy, and Bessie wrestle with their own destinies, as the untimely, deaths of their parents raise too many questions about who might have wanted them dead, and why. As the cousins begin a desperate search for the assassins, Abraham must search for this own heritage in a world of heartache, stolen happiness, and sudden, irrevocable change. less