Book Club Selections

(Memoir, 223 pp. 2008) In the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the Jewish Zonanas fled Cairo with their infant daughter Joyce. They settled in Brooklyn, where Joyce grew up in Brooklyn, struggling with feelings of isolation. She eventually meets her extended family living in Colombia and Brazil, travels…...

Fiction, 560 pp. 2006) An orphaned girl, who steals books even before she knows how to read them, comes to live with a foster family, who turn out to be hiding a Jew in their basement.   Discussion questions Discussion questions from the Union of Reform Judaism Kirkus review Review…...