Celebrate Jewish Book Month November 24 to December 24

Jewish Book Month was started in 1925 by Fanny Goldstein at the Boston Public Library to celebrate Jewish books and promote Jewish authors.  

Here are a few of my favorite books by Jewish authors. 

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

This eye-opening and intricately plotted historical fiction novel chronicles the journey of an illuminated manuscript through seven centuries of Jewish persecutions. It's one of my favorite historical fiction novels. 

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley

While award-winning author Walter Mosley is best known for his crime fiction featuring Easy Rawlins, my favorite Mosely story is The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, the story of a 91-year-old African American man whose life takes a very strange path. 

Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers

Fleeing from professional and romantic disasters, a desperate mother explores the Alaskan wilderness along with her two young children in this darkly comic novel by best-selling author Dave Eggers. 

Alicia Cavitt

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