{"product_id":"kantika-a-novel","title":"Kantika: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, \u003ci\u003eKantika\u003c\/i\u003e--song in Ladino--follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way--a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood. Moving from Spain to Cuba to New York for an arranged second marriage, she faces her greatest challenge--her disabled stepdaughter, Luna, whose feistiness equals her own and whose challenges pit new family against old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring identity, place and exile, \u003ci\u003eKantika\u003c\/i\u003e also reveals how the female body--in work, art and love--serves as a site of both suffering and joy. A haunting, inspiring meditation on the tenacity of women, this lush, lyrical novel from Elizabeth Graver celebrates the insistence on seizing beauty and grabbing hold of one's one and only life.","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609707204777,"sku":"PHBK-9781250869838","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_2129504a-b34b-4b71-aac3-7803d2bba915.jpg?v=1764753557","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/kantika-a-novel","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}