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Last Call at the Hotel Imperial, Deborah Cohen
Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize, this historian’s account of a close-knit band of famous American reporters — John Gunther, H.R. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean and Dorothy Thompson — who, in the run-up to WWII, landed exclusive interviews and helped shape what Americans knew about the world at that time.
The Pages, Hugo Hamilton
With Germany under the Nazis as the background, this book explores censorship, oppression and violence through real and invented characters seeking survival, and the connections between past and present.
The book was a popular choice of the shul’s Book Circle group for its July meeting.
Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Writers, Outsiders, and the Spanish Civil War, Sarah Watling
An account of the women artists and activists whose determination to live and to create with courage and conviction took them as far as the Spanish Civil War. The book is reminiscent of the tumultuous politics evident in the world today.
— Compiled by Miriam Gabriel
The Book Circle Selection Weaves History Into Compelling Storytelling
The shul’s Book Circle group has chosen a novel based on historical events as its selection for the August meeting, to be held on Thursday, August 17, at 3:30 p.m., in the shul’s community room.
In 1492, two history-altering events occurred: the Jews and Muslims of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for the New World. In Gateway to the Moon, Mary Morris weaves these events into the larger American story.
The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss books by Jewish writers and/or topics of Jewish interest. For more information, email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, leader of the group.
The Book Circle Delves Into The Past To Connect With The Present
The shul’s Book Circle group has chosen to delve into the pages of Hugo Hamilton’s book, The Pages, for the July selection, to be discussed at the meeting on Thursday, July 27, at 3:30 p.m., in the shul’s community room.
The deckle edges of the novel itself suggest the way into the past — Germany under the Nazi regime — with clues from that history leading to a present day mystery. It is a sweeping narrative of survival, chance, and the joys and struggles of love played against a backdrop of censorship, oppression and violence. It’s a smashingly good story, critics rave, that brings a new audience to an acclaimed writer.
The Book Circle meets monthly to discuss books by Jewish writers and/or topics of Jewish interest. For more information, email ctigreenport@gmail.com with a message for Susan Rosenstreich, leader of the group.
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