Jennifer Blankfein

Miscellany

“On Color” Prompts Us To Think About What We See

David Scott Kastan, a George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University and Stephen Farthing, an artist and elected member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and Emeritus Fellow of St. Edmund Hall, the University of Oxford, have collaborated on this beautiful, and educational book about the…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 24, 2018

Business Nonfiction

“From the Corner of the Oval:” A Job Landed by Craigslist

Beck Dorey-Stein is not unlike any young adult fresh out of school and focused on herself, her friends and her love life. Her boyfriend shenanigans and drinking escapades are typical and par for the course. But her job was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and captured in her memoir, From the Corner…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 17, 2018

Book Club Network Nonfiction

“The Sun Does Shine:” Hinton Stares Down Death Row

The Sun Does Shine (St. Martin's Press) is a powerful and important memoir, showing a discouraging side of our legal system and an incredible testament of stamina and hope from one special individual Anthony Ray Hinton. In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of murder in Alabama and sentenced to the…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 6, 2018

Fiction

“His Favorites” Exposes Guilt and Vulnerability

With sparse, lyrical language, author of His Favorites (Scribner), Kate Walbert, shines a light on women’s rights as she tells us about Jo’s tragic and unsettling experiences. After being in a deadly accident at 15 years old with her best friends, Jo, a wild and now emotionally broken high school student is…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 14, 2018

Thrillers

Baby Teeth Proves It’s Dangerous to Play Favorites

If you are in need of a blood chilling thriller to make your heart pound, Baby Teeth (St. Martin's Press) is for you! It is clear that author Zoje Stage mastered everything dark and suspenseful when she created Hanna, a seven year old, and the only child of Suzette and Alex.…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 13, 2018

Book Club Network

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

For the month of September, all chapters of the Girly Book Club are reading Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Buried, Sing (Scribner). Here's the review that BookTrib filed shortly after the title was published late last year: Sing, Unburied, Sing is a beautifully written, character-driven, heartfelt novel that takes place in the…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 8, 2018

Fiction

Impact On Countries & Time: Joan Silber’s “Improvement”

Connecting 1970s Turkey and New York today, 72-year-old author Joan Silber, winner of the 2018 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, weaves a tapestry of interpersonal connections and shows how relationships bind us together and decisions have widespread impact across countries and over time in her latest novel, Improvement (Amazon Digital Services). Reyna…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 6, 2018

Fiction

Multiple Themes for Rabbi’s Scribe In “The Weight Of Ink”

The Weight Of Ink (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Rachel Kadish tells the story of Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who becomes a scribe for a blind rabbi in London in the 1600s right before the plague. At the same time we learn about Helen Watt, a close-to-retiring British historian working…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 27, 2018

Fiction

“The Lost Family” Covers Marriage and Love Post-WWII

Jenna Blum, author of the bestseller Those Who Save Us, is back with another novel, one that is equally heartbreaking and haunting. Covering topics of grief and love, Blum artfully and skillfully reminds us that the past never seems to stay there, and that the repercussions can still be felt decades and…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 16, 2018

Book Club Network Thrillers

Debut Novel by Catherine Steadman is Bombshell Thriller

Psychological thrillers have been all the rage recently, beloved for their ability to grab your attention from the very first pages, pull you in, and become so intertwined and twisted that you're forced to second-guess yourself... and Downton Abbey actress Catherine Steadman has done just that in her fast-moving, debut novel Something…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 10, 2018

Book Club Network Fiction

The Elegance and Beauty of a Struggling Family

In her heartfelt and elegantly written debut of a beautiful, struggling family, it's clear that Fatima Farheen Mirza is a gifted writer. She is more than able to make you feel every character's emotions, while offering compassion for different views, gradually revealing different aspects of each story to create a multilayered…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 19, 2018

Fiction

Sarah Winman’s “Tin Man” is Heartbreaking and Tender

A tender and beautiful story, Sarah Winman's novel Tin Man is heartbreaking and wonderfully moving, focusing on the relationship between two people, first as young boys and then as adults, with an exquisitely written and introspective look into the experiences and intimacies that are shared in a relationship so close. At twelve…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 11, 2018

Fiction

“That Kind of Mother” Takes on the Challenges of Race and Motherhood

Rebecca Stone desperately needs help with her newborn and Priscilla, a La Leche nurse from the hospital comes to her rescue. Having experience being a mother herself when she was a single, teen mother many years ago, Priscilla leaves her job at the hospital to become the nanny for Rebecca's…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 29, 2018

Nonfiction

Marcia Gay Harden’s Powerful Memoir Honors Her Mother

A well-known actress from both stage and screen, Marcia Gay Harden tells the story of her life in the context of memories she has with her mother in her memoir, The Seasons of My Mother (Atria). Their close relationship is so beautiful and all the more painful as her mother’s memory…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 21, 2018

Fiction

‘The Immortalists’ Review: If You Knew You Were Going To Die Tomorrow, How Would You Live Today?

In the summer of 1969, four children from a Jewish family on the Lower East Side of Manhattan visit a psychic and are told the date they will die. Does this information, this prediction, change the way they choose to live? That question is wrapped in mystery in The Immortalists, a…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 26, 2018

Fiction

Love Works in Mysterious Ways in Rachel Joyce’s ‘The Music Shop’

If you love everything 80s, music, tradition, England, and love, you will want to read The Music Shop right away! Frank had an odd childhood; growing up he called his single mother by her first name. The only thing his not-so-nurturing, nontraditional mom ever taught him about was music. Now, a…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 22, 2018

Jennifer Blankfein

“On Color” Prompts Us To Think About What We See

“From the Corner of the Oval:” A Job Landed by Craigslist

“The Sun Does Shine:” Hinton Stares Down Death Row

“His Favorites” Exposes Guilt and Vulnerability

Baby Teeth Proves It’s Dangerous to Play Favorites

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

Impact On Countries & Time: Joan Silber’s “Improvement”

Multiple Themes for Rabbi’s Scribe In “The Weight Of Ink”

“The Lost Family” Covers Marriage and Love Post-WWII

Debut Novel by Catherine Steadman is Bombshell Thriller

The Elegance and Beauty of a Struggling Family

Sarah Winman’s “Tin Man” is Heartbreaking and Tender

“That Kind of Mother” Takes on the Challenges of Race and Motherhood

Marcia Gay Harden’s Powerful Memoir Honors Her Mother

‘The Immortalists’ Review: If You Knew You Were Going To Die Tomorrow, How Would You Live Today?

Love Works in Mysterious Ways in Rachel Joyce’s ‘The Music Shop’

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