Seven-year-old Miriam places her baby brother's basket in the Nile River, watches the Pharaoh's daughter draw him out and name him Moses, and ponders a vision of other water parting. Includes note on the biblical story on which this is based.

Food writer and restaurant critic Ruth Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed, openhearted investigation of her mother's life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew. Looking to her mother's letters and diaries, Reichl confronts the painful transition her mother made from hopeful young woman to unhappy older one and realizes the tremendous sacrifices she made to make sure her daughter's life would not be as disappointing...

In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations of families enjoy deep roots in old homes, the ORourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens permanently off the conventional course. Like the ten Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another,...

"This is a fictionalized story based on the amazing real life experiences of Miriam Moss, a fifteen year old English school girl who was held hostage on a plane hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Front in 1970"--

A Jewish mother preparing for Passover tells her young children the story of Miriam, the Biblical woman who prophesied the birth of Moses.

Among Holocaust survivor stories, Eva Kor's experience as a 10-year-old guinea pig of Dr. Josef Mengele in Auschwitz is exceptional. It is the story of a child facing extraordinary evil and cruelty. Eva Kor has been the subject of a documentary,"Forgiving Dr. Mengele," and other media coverage.

"A Holocaust child-survivor shares her memories of escaping from Lida Ghetto in Belarus with her parents and joining the Partisans in the Lipiczany Forest as part of the Jewish Resistance"--