tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post8437653549619341632..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: A gallery of fifteen historical fiction reads for Jewish Book MonthSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-78204778441675201962017-12-09T10:11:16.819-06:002017-12-09T10:11:16.819-06:00Hi Sue, you're right! :) There is another boo...Hi Sue, you're right! :) There is another book in the series, <i>For You Were Strangers</i> - with both the Irish detective and the rabbi's daughter.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-41392764805302534482017-12-08T22:19:22.247-06:002017-12-08T22:19:22.247-06:00Thanks, Sarah, they all sound fascinating. I am pa...Thanks, Sarah, they all sound fascinating. I am particularly intrigued by the murder mystery. I'm betting the Irish detective gets some more novels! :-)<br /><br /><a href="https://suebursztynski.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/an-interview-with-deborah-abela.html" rel="nofollow">An Interview With Deborah Abela</a><br />Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-79016647981064852002017-12-07T22:20:28.000-06:002017-12-07T22:20:28.000-06:00Thanks for the recommendations of both books. I...Thanks for the recommendations of both books. I'm excited because I've had copies of them around for a while, unread, and it's been so long since I bought them (at a library book sale years ago) that I'd forgotten what they were about. But they sound like just the type of book I'd enjoy. I'll need to find out where they are. I appreciate your posting about them.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-55549966693387330682017-12-07T21:09:08.626-06:002017-12-07T21:09:08.626-06:00I think Gay Courter's Flowers In The Blood, a ...I think Gay Courter's Flowers In The Blood, a family saga loosely based on the Jewish Sassoon dynasty, set in 19th Century British India deserves mention; it is vividly written and brings to life the customs of the lesser-known Jewish communities of the Baghdadi Jews and the Bene Israel. It's one of my favorite novels, with a strong female protagonist.<br />Another Jewish historical classic in my opinion is Marjorie Edelson's Malkeh and Her Children, another wonderfully detailed, generational family saga that takes the reader from Tsarist Russia through the Russian Revolution and finally to immigrant America, with another strong female protagonist at its core.<br />Both books deserve to be filmed.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com