Dani Shapiro, Signal Fires
Virtual , United StatesAn ancient majestic oak stands beneath the stars on Division Street. And under the tree sits Ben Wilf, a retired doctor, and ten-year-old Waldo Shenkman, a brilliant, lonely boy who […]
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Debby Applegate, Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age
JCCNS 4 Community Rd., Marblehead, MA, United StatesIn Roaring Twenties New York City, when the nightclubs closed down, the in-crowd didn’t go home. Everyone went to Polly’s place, the “speakeasy with a harem” run by “The Female […]
Steven Hartov, The Last of the Seven
JCCNS 4 Community Rd., Marblehead, MA, United StatesA lone soldier wearing a German uniform stumbles into a British military camp in the North African desert with an incredible story to tell. He is the sole survivor of […]
Jennifer Rosner, Once We Were Home
JCCNS 4 Community Rd., Marblehead, MA, United StatesOnce We Were Home, a novel that weaves together the fictional lives of four displaced children, has been called a “revelation” that animates WWII histories readers never knew about. Oskar and Ana have […]
Adam Nimoy, The Most Human
While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a “close family,” to his son Adam, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger. The actor was as inscrutable as the […]
Yardena Schwartz, Ghosts of a Holy War
In 1929, in the sacred city of Hebron, there was no occupation, state of Israel, or settlers. Jews and Muslims lived peacefully near the burial place of Abraham, patriarch of […]
Larry Tye, The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of […]
Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
Winner of the 2024 Massachusetts Book Award for fiction, Kantika - "song" in Ladino - is a kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries and follows the joys […]
Alyson Richman, The Time Keepers
An unforgettable novel that captures the power of longing, loss, and love, The Time Keepers transports us from 1979 suburban New York to war-torn Vietnam, revealing that sometimes the most unexpected friendships […]
JBM Family Shabbat with Jill Weber, Illustrator of One More Story, Tata
Friday Night Shabbat with Food, Fun, and Friends! This heartwarming story of a little girl’s bond with her great-grandma, who tells the silliest, most magical stories, celebrates four generations […]
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