Jewish Book Festival brochure

MAR
7
WEDNESDAY
Love & Relationships
1:00 - 3:30 pm • Temple Shalom
Sponsored by
Temple Shalom Sisterhood
Renée Rosen • Windy City Blues
Windy City Blues, set in 1950s and ’60s Chicago, is the riveting story of Leeba
Groski, a young Jewish Polish immigrant, and Red Dupree, a black blues
guitarist who left the south to play in the burgeoning Chicago music scene.
Shunned by Leeba’s Orthodox Jewish family, Leeba and Red risk threats of
violence in an era in American history that frowned on mixed-race couples.
Renée skillfully reconstructs the racial tensions and vibrant music scene that
defined Chicago during those decades as she weaves this story of forbidden
romance into the history of Chess Records and the birth of the blues and rock
’n’ roll in Chicago.
Renée Rosen is the bestselling author of White Collar Girl, What the Lady
Wants, Dollface, and the young adult novel, Every Crooked Pot.
Marilyn Simon Rothstein • Lift and Separate
Lift and Separate is the story of Marcy Hammer, a Jewish woman forced to
restart her life after husband Harvey, the bra king, leaves her for a perkier fit.
Even though she is devastated by his departure, she still has her indomitable
spirit and self-respect. She has no intention of falling apart, either, even when
her adult children drop a few bombshells of their own, and she discovers a secret
about her new, once-in-a-lifetime best friend. Life may be full of setbacks, but
by lifting herself up by her own lacy straps, Marcy finds a way to begin again.
Marilyn Rothstein graduated with a journalism degree from New York University,
and worked for Seventeen. When she moved to Connecticut, she launched
an advertising agency, which she ran for more than 25 years. At the age of 43,
she became an adult bat mitzvah, achieving her lifelong goal of chanting Torah.
Bring Your Highest Expectations
Bring Your Highest Expectations
John R. Wood Properties
John R. Wood Properties
is a proud sponsor of
is proud sponsor of
the 3rd Annual
the 3rd Annual
Collier County
Collier County
Jewish Book Festival.
Jewish Book Festival.