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Book Club: The Sequel

Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

Share your thoughts on Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel, the follow up to her New York Times bestselling thriller, The Plot, moderated by Nicole Yablans, an English teacher and library consultant. $20 members / $30 nonmembers

Partners with the Community: Family Declassified by Katherine Fennelly

Melville Jewish Center 2600 New York Avenue, Melville, NY, United States

Fennelly, a social scientist, delves into the rationale and consequences of family secrets by studying her Jewish-Hungarian grandfather – an immigrant who overcame a tragic childhood and rose to become the head of an elite espionage unit in World War II.

Author Breakfast: We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein

Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

The Read with Jenna pick was inspired by a little-known piece of history in the lives of Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II, and is a piercing story of love, determination, and sacrifice $60

In Conversation with Jean Hanff Korelitz for The Sequel

Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

In a follow-up to her 2021 Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick, The Plot, Korelitz introduces readers to a new antihero, while illuminating and satirizing the world of publishing in this fun and suspenseful read. $30

Author Breakfast: The Trade Off by Samantha Greene Woodruff

Sid Jacobson JCC 300 Forest Dr, East Hills, NY, United States

Inspired by the true story of a pioneering investment legend, an ambitious young woman strives to find her place amid the promise and tumult of 1920s Wall Street. $60