A Woman of Valor
$57.75
- Paperback
652 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
A sweeping story of one woman’s grit across war, exile, and rebirth, this novel tracks an entire people through the century that remade them. It’s a spotlight on the cost of survival—and the scale of what endures.
From a crowded Sabbath table in Bialystok to the gas chambers of Auschwitz and the fires of resistance, one family fights to stay human as the world turns to ash.
Bialystok, once noisy with markets, arguments, and Sabbath songs, narrows to a cellar, a factory floor, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781592117635 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1592117635 |
| Author: | Fred Skolnik |
| Publisher: | Histria LLC |
| Imprint: | Histria Fiction |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 652 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 618g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Fred Skolnik
Fred Skolnik was born in New York City and lives in Israel. He attended the City College of New York and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Over the years, he has worked as an editor and translator and, at various times, operated a farm, managed a hotel, and served as financial comptroller of a textile firm.
He is the author of six previous novels:
- The Other Shore
- Death
- Basic Forms
Under his Fred Russell pen name, he authored:
- The Links in the Chain
- Rafi’s World
- The Nightmare: A Sci-Fi Fantasy
He has also published two collections of stories.
Skolnik is the editor-in-chief of the 22-volume second edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, which won the 2007 Dartmouth Medal. Other award-winning projects with which he has been associated include:
- The New Encyclopedia of Judaism (co-editor, 2002)
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (senior editor, 2001)
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