Book Group

JCC MetroWest Book Group

Book Group discussion and conversation with the author will be available either in person or on Zoom for participants; author will present via Zoom.

Click the button below for the Book Group archives. For more information contact, Katy Strulson, 973-530-3915, [email protected].

2024-2025 Book Group

Monday, March 10: On Her Own, by Lihi Lapid
Set between the eve of Passover and Israel’s Independence Day, On Her Own is a tense and immersive psychological read about two families looking for redemption and the transformative bonds between strangers.

Tuesday, April 8: Blank, by Zibby Owens
A wife, a mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a hilarious debut novel, Blank, about family, friendship, success, and exhilarating self -(re) discovery.

Thursday, May 8: Your Presence is Mandatory, by Sasha Vasilyuk
A riveting debut novel, based on real events, Your Presence is Mandatory is about a Ukrainian World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the shadow of all he has not told them.

Thursday, June 19: Songs for the Brokenhearted, by Ayelet Tsabari
A Yemeni Israeli story of mothers and daughters, love and loss, and secrets untold, the novel shines a light on a little-known community and their rich history. In 1995, thirty-something Zohara, living in New York City, returns to Israel for the funeral of her mother, Saida, who had immigrated to Israel in the 1950s along with thousands of other Yemeni Jews. Cleaning out her mother’s house, Zohara finds evidence that her family wasn’t exactly as she thought it was. Meanwhile, a nephew gets caught up in the aftermath of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. A gripping novel with unforgettable characters.

Wednesday, July 16: In the Shadow of the Greenbriar, by Emily Matchar
Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbriar Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbriar has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their place in its shadow…and within their own family.

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An Afterlife – Intense – 4-Star – “Many books have been written about the Holocaust but not that many about the survivors and their life afterward. This book follows Ruby and Ilya, first in a DP camp in Germany and then trying to make a new life for themselves as refugees in New Jersey.” -Gaye Olin