num_pages: 304
description: In her novel about mothers, daugthers, and love, Judy Budnitz gives the traditional folktale an electrifying twist as she follows four generations of women from an Eastern European village to the tenements of an American city.Illana, eager to escape her formidable mother's all-consuming love, embarks on an epic journey to the New World and is met along the way by evil, magic, and good fortune. The daughter, granddaugther, and great-granddaughter who follow in her footsteps share her special powers of observation, and, often, destruction.
language: English
title: If I Told You Once
titlecomplete: If I Told You Once
genres: Literary Fiction, Russia, Fiction, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, School, Novels
ratings_count: 910
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Edward Lewis Wallant Award
publisher: Picador USA