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The Immigrant's Daughter [Hardcover]

Howard Fast (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)


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August 1985
In this triumphant conclusion to the Lavette saga, Howard Fast brings the story up to the present, to the fourth generation. As Dan Lavette dominated The Immigrants, so his eldest child, Barbara, is the focus of this wide-ranging and passionate novel.

After a life filled with danger, love and death, Barbara, now in her sixties, is living a simple life in San Francisco. And then, almost on a whim, she runs for Congress and sets in motion a series of adventures that brings her back to the excitement of the times, to a renewal of romantic love, to mortal danger as a reporter in Central America, to loss and tragedy, and in the end, to an exultant embracing of life.

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  • Hardcover: 321 pages
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (T) (August 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0395393817
  • ISBN-13: 978-0395393819
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #819,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars from the back cover of book, July 5, 2001
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The Lavettes-Torn by divorce, dissension, and warring passions, the Lavettes face their most painful truths, mirroring a nation divided in the aftermath of Vietnam. The loves that seemed inviolate, the unquestioned loyalties, are struck down in an era of broken promises and lost ideas.

Barbara Lavette -Trapped between her own heroic past, her family's needs, and the shadow of her own encroaching age, Barbara is at the crossroads. Embracing the challenge of a congressional race, going out to face war - and love - in El Salvador, she must become the inspriation of her embattled family, the microcosm that is her ultimate testing ground for courage and strength.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Barbara Lavette Explores Politics, September 26, 2009
In what was originally planned as the conclusion to the Lavette Saga, Barbara Lavette runs for public office and learns some interesting things about herself and her family. THE IMMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER was intended to conclude this sprawling family series, but Howard Fast came back several years later with AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN.

Barbara finds herself growing ever older and more confused, as the people she has loved for most of her life pass on, and her son becomes more of a stranger to her. She loses herself in the run for office, and discovers that public life isn't all it's cracked up to be. Also included is an adventure in El Salvador at a most turbulent time.

Howard Fast does not disappoint in his ability to tie together many loose threads. He also makes no apologies for his political leanings - he has a definite point of view in his fiction, and it is strongly evident here. I'm already sorry that there is only one more book in the series. I will be sorry to say goodbye to these people.
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5.0 out of 5 stars one of my all time favorites, July 24, 2011
If you have never read a book by this author you are truly missing out on a great experience. While I loved all his books this seems to be my favorite
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