“The Oracle of Stamboul is a wonderful fairytale of a young Romanian Jewess born to this world as her mother departs, and accompanied by mystical signs of her greatness. She is raised by an unloving aunt turned stepmother and when her merchant father plans a trip to Stamboul she secrets herself as a stowaway and her adventures begin. A fable, a story of intrigue, morality and sadness - all come together to create an absolutely adorable heroine. What a delicious story to be read aloud to a child. A real gem.”
She wrote this review Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
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