Overview
A modern-day Romeo and Juliet story, this book will appeal to readers of romance and memoir alike. Jumping Over Shadows is a second-generation Holocaust story, and the Holocaust and its impact continues to fascinate American readers. The U.S. Holocaust Museum averages 2.2 million adult visitors annually, has 165,000 members and 290,000 email subscribers. The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, focused on Jewish history before, during and after the Holocaust, drews 41,000 visitors annually. On a more local level for the author, the Illinois Holocaust Museum in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, close to the author's hometown, has had 300,000 visitors since its opening in 2009. Jumping Over Shadows is also a story of identity that addresses what 38% of Americans (Pew Study) do not consider where they live to be their home struggle with: Who are we if we are not from a specific place?
Full Product Details
Author: Annette Gendler
Publisher: She Writes Press
Imprint: She Writes Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.272kg
ISBN: 9781631521706
ISBN 10: 1631521705
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 04 April 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In this extraordinary work, Annette Gendler illuminates the borders and meeting points between Judaism and Christianity, Germans and Jews, American Jews and Israeli Jews. Writing with eloquent precision, she reminds us why converts to Judaism are among the most precious gifts to the Jewish people. This book confirms Annette Gendler as an indispensable Jewish voice for our time. Yossi Klein Halevi, author of <i>Like Dreamers</i>, Senior fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem
In this extraordinary work, Annette Gendler illuminates the borders and meeting points between Judaism and Christianity, Germans and Jews, American Jews and Israeli Jews. Writing with eloquent precision, she reminds us why converts to Judaism are among the most precious gifts to the Jewish people. This book confirms Annette Gendler as an indispensable Jewish voice for our time. Yossi Klein Halevi, author of <i>Like Dreamers</i>, Senior fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem The ghosts of the past haunt a woman s search for herself in this thoughtful, poignant memoir about the transformative power of love and faith. Hillary Jordan, author of <i>Mudbound</i> and <i>When She Woke</i>
Author Information
Annette Gendler is a writer and photographer. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Tablet Magazine, Bella Grace, and Artful Blogging, to name a few. She served as the 2014–2015 writer-in-residence at the Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park, Illinois. Born in New Jersey, she grew up in Munich, Germany, and lives in Chicago with her husband and three children. Visit her at www.annettegendler.com.
