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The believers : a novel

When a stroke fells radical New York lawyer Joel Litvinoff, a secret is revealed that forces Audrey, his wife, to reexamine everything she believed about their forty-year marriage. In the meantime Joel's children are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts. Disillusioned revolutionary Rosa has been drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism. Karla, a devoted?and married?social worker hoping to adopt a child, is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper stand. Lenny, the ne'er-do-well, faces yet another relapse into heroin addiction. In the course of battling their own demons?and one another?the Litvinoffs must reexamine long-held articles of faith and decide what?if anything?they still believe in.

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  • "Believers"@it
  • "Believers"@pl

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  • "When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Meanwhile, Joel's children are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. Rosa, a disillusioned revolutionary, is grappling with a new-found attachment to Orthodox Judaism. Karla, unhappily married, is falling in love with an unlikely suitor at the hospital where she works. Adopted brother Lenny is back on drugs again. In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what, if anything, they still believe in."
  • "When a stroke fells radical New York lawyer Joel Litvinoff, a secret is revealed that forces Audrey, his wife, to reexamine everything she believed about their forty-year marriage. In the meantime Joel's children are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts. Disillusioned revolutionary Rosa has been drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism. Karla, a devoted?and married?social worker hoping to adopt a child, is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper stand. Lenny, the ne'er-do-well, faces yet another relapse into heroin addiction. In the course of battling their own demons?and one another?the Litvinoffs must reexamine long-held articles of faith and decide what?if anything?they still believe in."@en
  • "When a stroke fells radical New York lawyer Joel Litvinoff, a secret is revealed that forces Audrey, his wife, to reexamine everything she believed about their forty-year marriage. In the meantime Joel's children are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts. Disillusioned revolutionary Rosa has been drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism. Karla, a devoted--and married--social worker hoping to adopt a child, is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper stand. Lenny, the ne'er-do-well, faces yet another relapse into heroin addiction. In the course of battling their own demons--and one another--the Litvinoffs must reexamine long-held articles of faith and decide what--if anything--they still believe in."@en
  • "This is a comic, tragic, supremely entertaining novel about one family's struggles with the consolations of faith and the trials of doubt. When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will soon have to come to terms with this unsettling secret themselves, but for the meantime, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. Rosa, a disillusioned revolutionary, is grappling with a new-found attachment to Orthodox Judaism. Karla, an unhappily married social worker, is falling in love with an unlikely suitor at the hospital where she works. Adopted brother Lenny is back on drugs again. In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what - if anything - they still believe in."
  • "This is a comic, tragic, supremely entertaining novel about one family's struggles with the consolations of faith and the trials of doubt. When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will soon have to come to terms with this unsettling secret themselves, but for the meantime, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. Rosa, a disillusioned revolutionary, is grappling with a new-found attachment to Orthodox Judaism. Karla, an unhappily married social worker, is falling in love with an unlikely suitor at the hospital where she works. Adopted brother Lenny is back on drugs again. In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what - if anything - they still believe in."@en
  • "A novel about one family's struggles with the consolations of faith and the trials of doubt in which in the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what - if anything - they still believe in."@en
  • "When New York radical lawyer, Joel Litvinoff falls gravely ill, his wife Audrey uncovers a secret that forces her to re-examine both her belief in him and her commitment to their marriage. Meanwhile, her ne'er-do-well adopted son, Lenny, is back on drugs, and her daughters, Karla and Rosa, are grappling with their own catastrophes and dilemmas."
  • "When New York radical lawyer, Joel Litvinoff falls gravely ill, his wife Audrey uncovers a secret that forces her to re-examine both her belief in him and her commitment to their marriage. Meanwhile, her ne'er-do-well adopted son, Lenny, is back on drugs, and her daughters, Karla and Rosa, are grappling with their own catastrophes and dilemmas."@en
  • "When New York lawyer, Joel Litvinoff falls gravely ill, his wife Audrey uncovers a secret that forces her to re-examine both her belief in him & her commitment to their 40-year marriage."@en
  • "After civil rights attorney Joel Litvinoff suffers a stroke, his contentious family struggles with the consolations of faith and the trials of doubt as they battle their own demons and each other, as every member is called upon to decide what, if anything, they still believe in."@en
  • "When a stroke fells radical New York lawyer Joel Litvinoff, a secret is revealed that forces Audrey, his wife, to reexamine everything she believed about their forty-year marriage. In the meantime Joel's children are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts. Disillusioned revolutionary Rosa has been drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism. Karla, a devoted'and married'social worker hoping to adopt a child, is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper stand. Lenny, the ne'er-do-well, faces yet another relapse into heroin addiction. In the course of battling their own demons'and one another'the Litvinoffs must reexamine long-held articles of faith and decide what'if anything'they still believe in."@en
  • "A lawyer's stroke leads to revelations that force his wife to re-evaluate their relationship while their three children face their own personal problems."@en
  • "A lawyer's stroke leads to revelations that force his wife to re-evaluate their relationship while their three children face their own personal problems."

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  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Modern fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "General fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Literary fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en

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  • "Wyznawcy"
  • "Wyznawcy"@pl
  • "De idealisten"
  • "The believers : a novel"
  • "The believers : a novel"@en
  • "The believers a novel"@en
  • "The believers : [a novel]"
  • "The believers : [a novel]"@en
  • "Gli illusi"
  • "Gli illusi"@it
  • "The believers"
  • "The believers"@en
  • "The Believers"@en

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