Book Club

The shul’s Book Circle group will continue to explore Alina Adams’ novel, My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region, as its November selection, to be discussed on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m.  (note new time) on the shul’s Zoom. The author will join the group at the meeting.

For this novel, the author has drawn on her own experience as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, USSR, as she provides readers a glimpse into the world’s first Jewish Autonomous Region. The novel is rooted in detailed research about a little known chapter of Soviet and Jewish history.

Alina Adams is a prolific and innovative writer who has authored more than a dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her previous release, The Nesting Dolls, is a Soviet-Jewish historical novel published by HarperCollins in July 2020. Her newest novel, My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region, was published by History Through Fiction in November 2022.

The shul’s Book Circle group has chosen My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region by Alina Adams as its October selection, to be discussed on Thursday, Oct. 12, 3:30 p.m., in the shul’s community room.

For this novel, the author has drawn on her own experience as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, USSR, as she provides readers a glimpse into the world’s first Jewish Autonomous Region. The novel is rooted in detailed research about a little known chapter of Soviet and Jewish history.

The Book Circle meets monthly to explore works by Jewish writers and topics meaningful to Jewish readers. For more information, email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, coordinator of the group.