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Lost and Found in Spain: Tales of an Ambassador’s Wife by Susan Lewis Solomont (see review below) What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation by Mimi Lemay
T he L ibra r y is a lmos t deserted now, except for our wonderful collection of books, Children the paintings that Sharon ZirkinHard Hat Cat! by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh Dagan donated to brighten up our space, and Marci Hopkins Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen and I, carefully checking books Youth in and out, sanitizing the doorknobs and keyboard, etc., and copying children’s books Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories on Google docs so that the teachers can read them to their of Six Extraordinary Children by Kath Shackleton students virtually. Too Far from Home by Naomi Shmuel We continue to add new books that we think you will find enlightening, useful, and enjoyable. Send requests to PLEASE Return Books borrow books, DVDs, and CDs to emunahlibrary@gmail.com Please return the library books you have borrowed. and if we have what you want, we’ll let you know when you We have a cardboard box in the foyer that you can use. can pick them up at the entrance to the synagogue. When The area is sanitized by Claudio and you don’t have to enter books are returned, we quarantine them for four days before the synagogue. processing them. Toni Stechler (emunahlibrary@gmail.com) We want to thank Jenny Brown for donating Birthright: Poems by Erika Dreifus; and Risa Bressler for donating a number of books from the library of her mother, Sylvia Handler, Book Review z’l. And thanks for all the donations to the Library made in Lost and Found in Spain: Tales of an Ambassador’s Wife memory or in honor of loved ones. We greatly appreciate your by Susan Lewis Solomont generosity. Below is a list of a few of the books in our library: When her husband was appointed by Barack Obama in 2009 to be Ambassador Adult Fiction to Spain, Susan Solomont uprooted herBig Summer by Jennifer Weiner self, leaving her home, family, friends, The Book of Jeremiah: A Novel in Stories by Julie Zuckerman and her career. She joined her husband The Book of V. by Anna Solomon for a three-and-a-half-year tour in Spain. The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer Her memoir is part travelogue, as Haunting Paris: A Novel by Mamta Chaudhry she goes on a culinary tour with some The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer of the best chefs in Spain, and she learns Neuland by Eshkol Nevo about the rules living in a diplomatic The Order by Daniel Silva household. She describes the everyday life in an American The Tunnel by A. B. Yehoshua embassy, in contrast to her life in Weston MA, where she had been a counselor for private philanthropic foundations. Adult Nonfiction Susan takes an active role in the Jewish community in Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Madrid where she celebrates the Jewish holidays with members Transgender Woman by Abby Stein of the Spanish community, and enjoys the cultural exchanges. Better Than Gold: An Immigrant’s First Years in Brooklyn My book group and I liked the book and especially admired by Fannie Silver the author’s courage as she dealt with the challenges of her Birthright: Poems by Erika Dreifus journey in Spain. [230 pages] The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed Race Jewish Girl Babsy Krichmar by Marra Gad Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth by Benjamin Taylor Job: A New Translation by Edward Last year, when Greenstein we could gather The Kosher Palette: Easy and Elegant together, Warren Modern Kosher Cooking Wein read to The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Kitah Alef at Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by H.anukkah time. Jonathan Kaufman
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