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Special Advertising Section
WE ARE RICH
DORI CARTER
Dori Carter trains her incautious wit on the burdens of wealth, class and the unwitting arsonists of the American Dream in this collection of short stories. Set in the small, leafy California town of Rancho Esperanza, We Are Rich presents 12 characters with distinctly different voices whose tales of lust and longing span the years from World War II to the present.
Hardcover, 196 pages; $22.95; Other Press
APPASSIONATA
EVA HOFFMAN
On a European concert tour, American pianist Isabel Merton crosses paths with Anzor, an exile from a war-torn country. They are drawn to each other both by their differences and their seemingly parallel passions—until a menacing incident throws her into a creative crisis, and forces her to reevaluate his actions, and her own motives.
Hardcover, 265 pages; $25.00; Other Press
GRAND RIVER AND JOY
SUSAN MESSNER
Harry Levine, a wholesale-shoe man, ends up with a front-row seat to the Detroit riots of 1967. This novel, named after a landmark Detroit intersection, is about intersections between races, classes, religions, neighborhoods, and generations. Based on the story that won Moment’s 2005 short fiction contest.
Hardback, 240 pages; $24.00; The University of Michigan Press
ON THE DOORPOSTS OF YOUR HOUSE: PRAYERS AND CEREMONIES FOR THE JEWISH HOME
EDITED BY CHAIM STERN
This collection for the home includes both traditional and innovative prayers for everyday occasions as well as prayers for festivals, anniversaries, birthdays, pregnancy, and baby-namings. Included are prayers for difficult moments, like illness, and death. A must-have for every Jewish home, this is a perfect wedding or house-warming gift.
Available at ccarnet.org; Hardcover $25.00; CCAR Press
WITH AN IRON PEN: TWENTY YEARS OF HEBREW PROTEST POETRY
EDITORS: TAL NITZAN AND RACHEL TZVIA BACK
Adrienne Rich lauds this collection of 42 Israeli poetic voices protesting the occupation of the West Bank. “These dissident Israeli voices, recognized and new, prophetic, raging, heartbroken, challenging, public and intimate, from the moral core of Jewish tradition, have gone almost unheard in America until now. The lyrical range is impressive, the edition scholarly; this is a historic collection.”
Paperback: $14.95, Hardback: $40.00; Suny Press
BUBBIE'S BABY
ELAINE SERLING
As a singer/songwriter, Elaine Serling’s CD sing-along book with colorful and expressive illustrations will bring smiles to your heart. You’ll remember spending meaningful moments with your “Bubbie and Zaydee,” and now it’s your turn to share in your own grandchildren’s world. Bubbie’s Baby will inspire conversations about your family’s traditions. Treasured moments will be visited and new memories made through this musical story.
Available at elaineserling.com, 1-800-457-2157, elainekay@aol.com; $14
