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Michal's Destiny
Michal's Destiny | Roberta Kagan
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Siberia 1919. In a Jewish settlement a young woman is about to embark upon her destiny. Her father has arranged a marriage for her and she must comply with his wishes. She has never seen her future husband and she knows nothing about him. Michal's destiny lies in the hands of fate. On the night of her wedding she is terrified but her mother assures her that she will be alright. Her mother explains that it is her duty to be a good wife, to give her husband children and always to obey him. However, although her mother and her mother's mother before her had lived this way, this was not to be Michal's destiny. Terrible circumstances would force Michal to leave her home and travel to the city of Berlin during the Weimar period where she would see and experience things she could never have imagined. Having been a sheltered religious girl she found herself lost and afraid trying to survive in a world filled with contrasts. Weimar Berlin was a time in history when art and culture were exploding, but it was also a period of depravity and perversions. Fourteen tumultuous years passed before the tides began to turn for the young girl who had stood under the canopy and said "I do" to a perfect stranger. Michal was finally beginning to establish her life However, the year was 1933, and Michal was still living in Berlin. Little did she know that Adolf Hitler was about to be appointed Chancellor of Germany and that would change everything forever.
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This book has love, redemption, & real emotional weight. The pacing was good, & I enjoyed how it captured the struggles of Russian Jews at that time. However, while some characters felt fleshed out & relatable, a few key ones came across as one-dimensional. Also, the abrupt ending surprised me —it‘s part of a series, but it still felt a bit jarring.

All in all, a solid read, worth checking out, even if it does repeat itself in places.