Philip Hallie's Lest Innocent Blood be Shed; the story of the village of le Chambon and how goodness happened there, is far from new, but I just read it for the first time. It is intensely powerful, and leads, I believe, to great possibilities for discussion and thought. The book is still filling my head (and heart.
People here would suggest The Zookeeper's Wife (I couldn't get into it, for the most part), and The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, which I am looking forward to reading. A book I plan to order but have not yet seen is Women Remaking American Judaism. A book that is here but that I have not yet read looks promising: The Septembers of Shiraz, a novel by Dalia Sofer. (I think the title is beautiful and intriguing.) And one from a few years back, Displaced Persons; growing up American after the Holocaust. A beautiful, detail-filled memoir by Joseph Berger. As a (former) New Yorker, I especially enjoyed it. Madeleine Cohen Oakley P.S. please tell me if the signature box below does not get transmitted to you. Thanks. Madeleine - the signature box is an image - and Hasafran can not accept images - only text: See: Exodus 20:4 "Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, ..." :-) Yossi Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
