BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.3//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2419@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T194500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T211500 DTSTAMP:20250102T142654Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/meet-author-andrea-j-stein/ SUMMARY:Meet Author Andrea J. Stein DESCRIPTION:Andrea J. Stein will be here to discuss her new novel\, Dear El iza\, and the current climate for Jewish Authors. It is not necessary to r ead the book to attend the event. Dessert and refreshments will be served. \n\nJewish Unpacked has called Dear Eliza a "top Jewish beach read\," desc ribing it as "the perfect fit for Emily Henry and Katherine Center readers \," and in their new list of recommended autumn reads\, Kveller described it as "a beautiful book about grief and families\, and a lovely tale about learning what it means to love." Andrea's first novel\, Typecast\, was re cently recommended as a "Summer Reading Schmooze" by The Center for Jewish History\, whose reviewer wrote\, "Almost everyone in this novel\, which t akes place in suburban New Jersey\, is Jewish. Jewishness is a given\, not a source of angst."\n\nDear Eliza centers on 26-year-old Eliza Levinger\, whose world crumbled when she lost her mom to cancer ten years earlier. E liza has finally rebuilt her life -- only to lose her dad unexpectedly. Ev en more unexpectedly\, at her dad's shiva\, her aunt gives her a letter fr om her mom\, having been instructed to deliver it only after Eliza's dad's death. Inside the letter? A bombshell that upends all of Eliza’s relati onships.\n\nRead more at: http://andreajstein.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024 /12/Andrea-Stein-Author-Talk.png CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Community,Featured Events,Teens END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR