Shadows We Carry: A Novel - Meryl Ain

Author: Meryl Ain

Publisher: SparkPress

Cover Type: Paperback

Pages: 312 pages

Language: English

Genre: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction

Genre Class: Fiction, Literature, Literary

In this eagerly anticipated sequel to Meryl Ains award-winning post-Holocaust novel The Takeaway Men, we follow Bronka and JoJo Lubinski as they find themselves on the cusp of momentous change for women in the late 1960s. With the United States in the grip of political and social upheaval, the twins and a number of their peers, including a Catholic priest and the son of a Nazi, struggle with their familys ancestry and how much influence it has on their lives. Meanwhile, both young women seek to define their roles as women, and as individuals. Enlightening and evocative, Shadows We Carry explores the experience of navigating deeply held family secrets and bloodlines, confusing religious identities, and the scars of World War II in the wake of revolutionary societal changes.

P> Review 2023 Best Book Awards Winner in Fiction: Historical 2023 Readers Favorite Book Awards Silver Medalist in Fiction (Historical - Event/Era)A SheReadsBest Book Club Picks of Spring 2023Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels of 2023-Hasty Book List"Shadows We Carry deftly explores the experience of navigating deeply held family secrets and bloodlines, confusing religious identities, and the scars of World War II . . . . Original, exceptional, fully engaging from cover to cover, a compelling, thought-provoking, and entertaining read."--Midwest Book Review "In this well-researched, char-ac-ter-dri-ven sto-ry, Ain exam-ines many themes and issues with insight and com-pas-sion. She folds top-ics such as fem-i-nism, anti-semitism, gay rights, abor-tion, and sec-ond-gen-er-a-tion Holo-caust sur-vivor con-cerns into the char-ac-ters lives. Because Ain thought-ful-ly inter-weaves numer-ous his-tor-i-cal events, sig-nif-i-cant nos-tal-gic details, and cul-tur-al and geo-graph-ic ref-er-ences, the char-ac-ters sto-ries will res-onate deeply with those who expe-ri-enced the era." --Renita Last, Jewish Book Council"Shadows We Carry by Meryl Ain is an important new book. It is not necessary to read her debut novel, The Takeaway Men, to understand this sequel, whose merits stand on their own. Its themes include: immigration, assimilation, questions of identity, how we define ourselves, and whether Holocaust survivors families have a responsibility to track down Nazi perpetrators. I was deeply affected by the novels characters and events. The issues raised are as valid today as they were 50 years ago. Book clubs, congregations, and other groups must read and discuss this work. Bring plenty of tissues with you." --Linda Ettinger Lieberman, Blogger, The Times of Israel "When I finished Shadows We Carry by Meryl Ain, I cried. Reading this book was akin to going home . . . . To say it is moving is an understatement. For many readers, the tale of twin sisters Bronka and JoJo will be an eye-opener to Jewish life in a New York gone by. Bravo."--Marilyn Simon Rothstein, author of Crazy To Leave You, Husbands and Other Sharp Objects, and Lift and Separate "The late 1960s of Shadows We Carry was a time of turmoil -- political and social turbulence, cultural upheaval, and fraying of the bonds of convention. Meryl Ain has delineated those years beautifully. We feel right there with the novels main characters . . . their stories will have great resonance for contemporary readers. Each sister must fight for her own rights as women and as Jews. But each needs to look beyond herself toward a society free from the cruelty of discrimination and the brutality of hatred . . . a memorable novel."--Susan Isaacs, New York Times best-selling author"Enlightening and evocative, Shadows We Carry explores the experience of navigating deeply held family secrets and bloodlines, confusing religious identities, and the scars of World War II in the wake of revolutionary societal change."--Hasty Book Book Description SparkPress About the Author: Meryl Ain is a writer, author, podcaster, and career educator. The Takeaway Men, her award-winning post-Holocaust debut novel, was published in 2020. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous publications and she is the author of two nonfiction books. A member of The International Advisory Board for Holocaust Survivor Day, she is the host of the podcast People of the Book, and the founder of the Facebook group "Jews Love To Read!" She holds a BA from Queens College, an MA from Columbia University, and a doctorate in education from Hofstra University. She and her husband, Stewart, a journalist, have three married sons and six grandchildren and live in New York.

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