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Dec 18, 2024

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Based on a factual incident, author Taffy Brodesser-Akner gets into the weeds of a prominent Long Island family and burrows deeply into their messed-up lives. Witty wise and deliciously satirical, Long Island Compromise will make you giggle or blush over some cringe-worthily parts. Overall,…

Dec 11, 2024

Songs for the Broken-Hearted by Ayelet Tsabari

An aspiring writer, Yaqub first saw Saida amid the dust, stench and squalor at the rusty drinking fountain in Rosh Ha’Ayin, an immigrant Camp, in Israel. Dark- skinned, modestly covered eighteen-year-old Saida averted Yaqub’s glances darting back to her home, a tent, she shared with her…

Dec 6, 2024

The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer

Jonathan Santlofer, author of the immensely popular cliffhanger, The Last Mont Lisa, once again unwraps and intricately plots a , “deep- state” saga. The Lost Van Gogh in a thrilling new work about the troubled artist’s only recorded, missing portrait among his many paintings which…

Nov 29, 2024

Still Life With Remorse by Maira Kalman

Still Life With Remorse is a compilation of love notes to family, art, music and literature. The book explores the interior landscape of the deliriously talented author/ illustrator Maira Kalman. Israeli born, American bred, Kalman celebrates with folksy-type of drawings, “to…

Nov 20, 2024

Muppets in Moscow by Natasha Lance Rogoff

Shocking but sadly, true,the adorable, sweet-voiced Muppet, Elmo, was abducted and banished from Moscow. What business did Elmo even have going to Russia? For the most reliable answer please consult the most reliable source, filmmaker, TV producer, Natasha Lance Rogoff, now author of a…