The Book of V. by Anna Solomon
Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment she’s grappling with...
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Another Side of Paradise by Sally Koslow
In 1937 Hollywood, gossip columnist Sheilah Graham’s star is on the rise, while literary wonder boy F. Scott Fitzgerald’s career is slowly drowning in booze. But the once-famous author, desperate to make money penning...
Blessed as We Were by Gerald Stern
For five decades, Gerald Stern has been writing his own brand of expansive, deep-down American poetry. Now in his nineties, this “sometimes comic, sometimes tragic visionary” (Edward Hirsch) engages a lifetime of memories in...
Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous by Audrey Ades
Illustrator: Vivien Mildenberger Setting out from Boston to New Orleans in 1801, Judah Touro dreamed of becoming a successful shopkeeper. Through his skill in business, he earned a great fortune. But the harrowing experience...
Albert Einstein and the Poetry of Real by Manuel Garcia Iglesias
Illustrator: Marwan Kahil A father offered his son, a five-year-old Albert Einstein, a compass that triggered an irrepressible need to understand the laws of the universe and an iconic scientific career. At first a...
The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni
Translator: Yardenne Greenspan It is the turn of the eighteenth century in Frankfurt, Germany, and young Gutle and Meir Amschel Rothschild struggle to establish themselves in the cramped and restricted Judengasse. But when Meir’s talents...
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Doreen Rappaport
Illustrator: Eric Velasquez When Ruth was a young girl, her mother encouraged her to read, be independent, and stand up for what she thought was right. Ruth graduated first in her class at Cornell...
Kosher Style: Over 100 Jewish Recipes for the Modern Cook by Amy Rosen
In the Jewish culture, as in many others, bubbes, saftas and nanas are the matriarchs of the kitchen and thus the rulers of the roost. They are culinary giants in quilted polyester muumuus and...
House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon
Translators: Anthony Berris and Linda Yehiel At the behest of his agent, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to promote his books, despite promising his late mother that...
The German House by Annette Hess
Translator: Elizabeth Lauffer If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth? For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At...
