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Lavette Family Series

This sweeping family saga chronicles the tumultuous journey of an immigrant family striving to forge their identity in America at the dawn of the 20th century. Spanning multiple generations, the narrative explores themes of ambition, resilience, and the enduring pursuit of the American Dream. It offers a raw and deeply human portrait of individuals grappling with hardship and striving for success in a new land. The series delves into the complexities of family bonds and the unwavering hope for a better future.

An Independent Woman
Die Tochter des Einwanderers
The legacy
The Establishment
Second Generation
The Immigrants

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    The Immigrants

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    Dan Lavette-the roughneck son of an Italian fisherman. He battled out of the rubble of the San Francisco earthquake to build a mighty shipping empire; rose to the gilded heights of Nob Hill society through a loveless marriage to the daughter of the city's wealthiest family -and risked it all for the beautiful Oriental woman who was his secret, scandalous passion. This is the story of America's newcomers, whose hungers were fed only with hope...And of the bold few who built that hope into a world of money and power... Who dreamed the American dream and made American history, while the new century came of age.

    The Immigrants
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    Second Generation

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    A novel set in the Border country, concerning the meeting of two families. The author has written twelve novels including "The Maid of Buttermere" and "Josh Lawton" as well as several works of non-fiction, the most recent being the biography of Richard Burton, "Rich".

    Second Generation
  3. 3

    The Establishment

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    In The Establishment, Howard Fast pulls the listener into the turbulent and passionate lives of the Dan Lavette family story begun in The Immigrants and continued in Second Generation. Howard Fast again brings to life a cast of characters whose lives become a portrait of their time. Listeners will witness the events in the lives of the children of Dan Lavette: Follow daughter Barbara Lavette, a strong and magnetic personality, from tragedy to final fulfillment; observe the elder son, Tom, as he quests for and finally succumbs to his own unscrupulous drive for power; and feel the conflict as the younger son, Joe, struggles between dedication to his medical work to the poor and having no emotional strength left for his beautiful wife left alone.

    The Establishment
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    The legacy

    The Legacy continues the saga of the Lavette family begun in these bestsellers: The Immigrants, Second Generation, and The Establishment. This fourth-in-series story takes place during the turbulent 1960's as Barbara Lavette and her family are embroiled in the issues of that decade: Civil Rights, Israel's Six-Day War, the Nixon years, Vietnam and riots in the street. Barbara Lavette develops into a powerful, strong willed, capable person while the children of the third generation of Lavettes take their place in society and stand by their own ideals and values. The Legacy will capture listeners with its involving story and leave them wanting more

    The legacy
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    An Independent Woman

    • 372 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    In this sixth novel of the Immigrants series, matriarch Barbara Lavette continues to surprise family and friends as she fights for justice and finds love again.

    An Independent Woman