Etta's Book Morsels

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Stockholm

Stockholm by Noa Yedlin Israeli author Noa Yedlin’s new work, Stockholm, is packed with hijinks, shenanigans, escapade and ‘best laid plans’ that go terribly awry. It’s only a few days before, “the call," announcing the winner of the prestigious Nobel Prize. A shoo-in for…

The Wolf Hunt

Israeli-American, Leela Shuster, the narrator and protagonist of the psychological thriller, The Wolf Hunt, feels overwhelmed amid rumors alleging her teenage son, Adam, murdered Jamal Jones, a black American student. Leela insists Adam is unequivocally innocent of any crime. Author…

Take What You Need

In 2017, author Idra Novey won the coveted Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature. Her darkly humorous novel, Take What you Need, might be a contender again. Novey’s inspiration comes from Louise Bourgeois, whose work challenged a conservative patriarchal world-view.

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

Granted, at the center of James McBride’s new work is a superb murder mystery. However, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store moves far beyond unraveling the quandary facing a property development company which, in 1972, discovers a skeleton and a mezuzah in an abandoned well.

Sinkable

Moneyed, bored and parched for new thrills in 2024? Could anything tempt you to get aboard an experimental “submersible” and descend (at your peril) to extreme depths of the North Atlantic Ocean to survey the inexorably decaying remains of the Titanic?