How Shall We Sing? A Mediterranean Journey Through a Jewish Family (Paperback)

Review
Good-naturedly experiences Israel, Tunisia, France, Italy, Egypt, Australia, England...deeply concerned with transplantation and the nature of belonging. -- The Jerusalem Post

Jewish Maltese Australian Englishwoman traces her family's search for peace and prosperity...hidden history...Feasts, secrets and childhood pleasures. -- The Sunday Age, Melbourne

Lament for a vanished civilisation. Sephardic courtship, love, rivalry, fear and hate in exotic settings...Journalism, travel-writing and fiction... -- The Australian Review of Books

Product Description
Fanning out from the tiny island of Malta and the least well-known Jewish community of the world, Aline P'nina Tayar's family finds homes, acceptance and a kind of peace in an assortment of nations and cultures round the Mediterranean. They settle and thrive in Tunisia, France, Italy, Egypt. Even finally in Australia. The author, who describes herself as a Maltese, Jewish, Australian Englishwoman, brings to this saga of transplantation a wry, gentle humour, a brilliantly observant eye for cu