Dear Friends & Colleagues: A local mystery writer and member of our Temple, Jane Isenberg, has written a very entertaining mystery that features an Orthodox, Yiddish-speaking immigrant, who first spends time in the Lower East Side and then makes her way to Seattle at the turn of the century. It covers many topics including 1965 feminism, immigrant culture, Yiddish, prostitution in goldrush days, Alaska, Sephardic culture, Seattle history, and of course, love in a delightful and imaginative way. She's a guest blogger at http://www.lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com<http://www.lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com/> today if you want to know more.
You can order The Bones and the Book at your local bookstore or on-line. Go to www.JaneIsenberg.com/newbook.htm<http://www.janeisenberg.com/newbook.htm> for links for easy ordering and for discussion questions for book groups. Trade paperback, $14.95 Digital version for your Kindle or Nook. $8.75 ISBN : 978-0-9840109-2-9 from Oconee Spirit Press Please share this e-mail with your FB friends and your librarian! Whose bones? What book? Widowed by the 1965 earthquake, Seattle housewife Rachel Mazursky translates the Yiddish diary of a murdered young immigrant, Aliza Rudinsk, whose bones were unearthed by the same quake. Rachel shares her translation with the reader so Aliza's distinctive voice alternates with Rachel's own passionate account of her response to the diary. Aliza's story moves Rachel, compelling her to read between the lines while searching Seattle for clues to the young woman's murder. "Isenberg's story pulled me in right from the startling prologue. The twin historical stories of Aliza and Rachel are compelling and poignant. The lives of these women in 1900 and 1965 are beautifully woven together, the strands balancing each other as each discovers her strengths and revises her own identity as a woman and a Jew." - Sharan Newman, author of The Shanghai Tunnel. "Past and present collide in this complex, compelling historical mystery. Using the classic elements of hidden manuscript and mysterious corpse, the author builds a highly original story that is both deeply Jewish and uniquely American. Set in two wildly contrasting time periods, but rooted in the immigrant experience, the novel deftly explores the mysteries of difference, identity, loneliness, love, betrayal--and family." Lev Raphael, author of Rosedale in Love: A Gilded Age Novel. SIGNINGS Sat., Oct. 20-12 noon-1:00 PM, Seattle Mystery Bookshop,117 Cherry St., Seattle, ww.seattlemystery.com<http://www.seattlemystery.com/> Sun., Oct. 21-1:00-3:00 PM, Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. SE, Mercer Island,www.mercerislandbooks.com<http://www.mercerislandbooks.com/> TALKS Sat. Oct. 27-2:00 PM, Elliott Bay Book Co. 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, www.elliottbaybook.com<http://www.elliottbaybook.com/> Sun. Oct. 28-1:00-3:00 PM, Finally Found Books, 32709 Railroad Ave, Black Diamond, www.FinallyFoundooks.com<http://www.finallyfoundooks.com/> Wed. Nov. 7- 7:00-8:30 PM, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1511 East Pike S., Seattle, www.tdhs-nw.org<http://www.tdhs-nw.org/> Wed. Nov. 8- 7-8:30 PM, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/node Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Visit our online catalog at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Library Hours: 10:30 AM-1:30 PM, Wed, Bellevue; 1-6 PM Thur, Seattle; 9:00-12:30 Sun, both Over 10,000 Judaic books & CDs! Donate books from our wish list: http://astore.amazon.com/tedehisi34peo-20
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