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“My Name Is Layla” by Reyna Marder Gentin Honors Teen Hopes and Hardships

Author Reyna Marder Gentin does a wonderful job depicting today’s teens' challenges and concerns. Eighth grade can be tough no matter what, but growing up in an unconventional home with a single, working parent and an undiagnosed learning difference adds to teenage angst. Layla is in a constant struggle to…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 18, 2021

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Reyna Marder Gentin Turns Former Law Career into “Unreasonable Doubts”

Even a Yale-educated, NYC public defender with a loving boyfriend and an apartment on the Upper West Side who knows and respects the law can be thrown off course. Blinded by temptation, Liana becomes intrigued with her smart, handsome criminal client and fails to see all that she has. While…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 18, 2021

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Asha Lemmie on Writing Her Acclaimed Debut, “Fifty Words for Rain”

“Consumed by a far-flung odyssey, coming up only for a sip of water … I inhaled Fifty Words for Rain in one day.” —The New York Times Book Review —∞— "A lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 31, 2020

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Young Girls Are Lured into a Life of Prostitution in “The Third Daughter” by Talia Carner

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Third-Daughter-2.jpg The Third Daughter by Talia Carner explores a dark time in history at the turn of the 20th century when Jews from Russia emigrated to the Americas to flee persecution, sometimes to suffer worse fates at the hands of those who would help them. I was fortunate enough to attend…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 6, 2020

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Erica Katz on “The Boys’ Club” and Complicit Culture in BigLaw

"Written under a pseudonym by a currently practicing lawyer, The Boys’ Club tracks one woman’s entry into the male-dominated world of high-stakes law and what happens when her carefully planned life spins out of control." —Good Morning America —∞— The Boys’ Club (Harper) by Erica Katz is a compelling legal…

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 23, 2020

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Three Generations of Indian Women Who Defy Cultural Traditions and Expectations

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/well-behaved-indian-women-saumya-dave.jpg Well-Behaved Indian Women (Berkley) by Saumya Dave is a mother-daughter story about Indian women, culture, relationships and life choices. Simran is in her 20s, pursuing a degree in psychology and has just written a book. Her parents, Nandini and Ranjit Mehta, are both doctors and are encouraging her to…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 30, 2020

Author Spotlight Nonfiction

Investigative Journalist Peels Back Layers of History to Reconnect Family in “The Unanswered Letter”

Author and investigative journalist, Faris Cassell takes us on an incredible journey as she uncovers layers of history in The Unanswered Letter. In 1939, a Jewish man in Vienna mailed a letter to a woman in California with the same last name. The letter was a desperate plea to help…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 14, 2020

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Julie Zuckerman on Her Linked Short Story Collection “The Book of Jeremiah”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-book-of-jeremiah-julie-zukerman.jpg With a healthy dose of Jewish tradition, a little Yiddish, and deep, very real characters, author Julie Zuckerman treats us to The Book of Jeremiah (Press 53), a story of a complex life well lived, spanning from the 1930s through the first decade of the 2000s. Through 13 linked stories that…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 12, 2020

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Charlotte McConaghy on Love, Adventure and Survival in “Migrations”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Migrations.jpg "Written in prose as gorgeous as the crystalline beauty of the Arctic ... deeply moving, haunting and, yes, important." — Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You "An astounding meditation on love, trauma and the cost of survival." — Julia Fine, author of What Should Be Wild I loved the adventure…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 5, 2020

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Author Q&A: “Saving Ruby King” Will Take Loyal Friendship and Facing the Truth

"A stunning force of a novel honey-dipped prose, strikingly human characters, and a satisfying, soul-stirring conclusion that will stay with me for a long, long time." – Zakiya Harris, author of The Other Black Girl "West breathes life into violence and mayhem like a poet on a new day. These…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 22, 2020

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A Burglar Father and Animal Empath Daughter Team Up in “Other People’s Pets”

Imaginative, easy reading, R.L. Maizes gives us the joy of unusual characters in Other People’s Pets (Celadon). La La is the daughter of a thief. Her father, Zev, works as a locksmith by day, but in the evenings he breaks into homes and steals their valuables. When La La’s mother ran out on…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 14, 2020

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Sameer Pandya Explores Race and the Politics of Belonging in “Members Only”

Brown, black and white America converge in Members Only (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Sameer Pandya, a thought-provoking novel told by a Bombay native who made his life and career on the west coast. The book covers a one-week time span in the life of Raj Bhatt, an Indian American man…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 20, 2020

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Brooke Lea Foster Conjures 1960s Martha’s Vineyard in “Summer Darlings”

Summer Darlings (Gallery Books) by Brooke Lea Foster is a fun, summer read set in the 1960s on the beautiful island of Martha’s Vineyard. Heddy, a young penniless student from Wellesley, steps off the boat ready to make money at her nanny summer job. She will be working for one…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 9, 2020

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Holly Miller on Her Psychic Bittersweet Romance “The Sight of You”

The perfect book to kick off your summer reading, The Sight of You (Putnam) by Holly Miller, is full of love and heartbreak, and will have you thinking about your relationships and what you would do if you were to know how they would end. Seeing visions of the future can…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 22, 2020

Author Spotlight Thrillers

Kimberly Belle on Writing Her Eerie Appalachian Thriller “Stranger in the Lake”

We all could use a break from reality and get caught up in a fast paced psychological thriller about a wealthy widower, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks and a mysterious woman’s body found floating in the lake. In Stranger in the Lake (Park Row) by Kimberly Belle,…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 10, 2020

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Politics, Family and Priorities Collide in “Her Sister’s Tattoo”

This is a powerful story of political activism, family betrayal, allegiance and love. When two sisters get arrested during a Vietnam War protest in 1968, they must decide where their loyalties lie. In Her Sister’s Tattoo (Red Hen Press) by Ellen Meeropol, politics and family are important for both Rosa…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 15, 2020

“My Name Is Layla” by Reyna Marder Gentin Honors Teen Hopes and Hardships

Reyna Marder Gentin Turns Former Law Career into “Unreasonable Doubts”

Asha Lemmie on Writing Her Acclaimed Debut, “Fifty Words for Rain”

Young Girls Are Lured into a Life of Prostitution in “The Third Daughter” by Talia Carner

Erica Katz on “The Boys’ Club” and Complicit Culture in BigLaw

Three Generations of Indian Women Who Defy Cultural Traditions and Expectations

Investigative Journalist Peels Back Layers of History to Reconnect Family in “The Unanswered Letter”

Julie Zuckerman on Her Linked Short Story Collection “The Book of Jeremiah”

Charlotte McConaghy on Love, Adventure and Survival in “Migrations”

Author Q&A: “Saving Ruby King” Will Take Loyal Friendship and Facing the Truth

A Burglar Father and Animal Empath Daughter Team Up in “Other People’s Pets”

Sameer Pandya Explores Race and the Politics of Belonging in “Members Only”

Brooke Lea Foster Conjures 1960s Martha’s Vineyard in “Summer Darlings”

Holly Miller on Her Psychic Bittersweet Romance “The Sight of You”

Kimberly Belle on Writing Her Eerie Appalachian Thriller “Stranger in the Lake”

Politics, Family and Priorities Collide in “Her Sister’s Tattoo”

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