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They Were Good Germans Once: A Memoir: My Jewish Émigré Family

Jul 2, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Stefan Hertmans |David McKay |Anne Berest |Tina Kover

Review By – July 2, 2024 Many readers pick up memoirs about families who survived the Holocaust and expect them to engage with every element of the Shoah. These demands are noble in nature, but they often overlook the fact that the experiences of the individual are what truly distinguish a memoir.
Jewish War Brides: Heroes in History

May 27, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Anne Berest |Tina Kover |Robin Judd |Leah Cohen

On an unusually sunny February afternoon in 2009, the well-known Ladino folk singer Flory Jagoda drove me through the streets of Alexandria, Virginia. I remember little of the drive to the metro station, but I recall questioning my sanity as the car sped through the streets, heading toward the yellow line’s Braddock Station. Flory Jagoda careened through the streets as I continued to interview her.
JBC Bookshelf: Hanukkah 2023

Dec 5, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Anne Berest |Tina Kover

This Hanukkah, we have eight book recommendations for eight days of latkes, love, and literature! “The Only Daughter tells the story of twelve-year-old Rachele Luzzatto, an Italian Jewish girl who must simultaneously navigate the Christmas holidays and her father’s sudden health problems.” ‑Isadora Kianovsky “Shabbat is largely made up of recipes from Sussman’s own Shabbat table, interspersed with flavors and dishes that grace the Shabbat tables of those closest...
Featuring new fiction from Anne Berest, Ellen Keith, Bryn Turnbull and Luis Alberto Urrea

Jun 22, 2023 | niagarafallsreview.ca | Janet Somerville |Anne Berest |Tina Kover

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Featuring new fiction from Anne Berest, Ellen Keith, Bryn Turnbull and Luis Alberto Urrea

Jun 22, 2023 | therecord.com | Janet Somerville |Anne Berest |Tina Kover

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Book World: An eerie piece of mail leads to a family mystery

May 16, 2023 | chron.com | Anne Berest |Tina Kover |Lauren Elkin

- - - One snowy morning in January 2003, the French writer Anne Berest's mother, Lélia Picabia, received a postcard in the mail. It was an ordinary tourist's postcard, with an image of the Opera Garnier on the front. On the back, all that was written besides Lélia's address were four names: Ephraim Emma Noémie Jacques These are the names of Lélia's grandparents, aunt and uncle, all of whom died at Auschwitz in 1942. Who could have sent such a thing?
An eerie piece of mail leads to a family mystery

May 16, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Anne Berest |Tina Kover

One snowy morning in January 2003, the French writer Anne Berest's mother, Lélia Picabia, received a postcard in the mail. It was an ordinary tourist's postcard, with an image of the Opera Garnier on the front. On the back, all that was written besides Lélia's address were four names:These are the names of Lélia's grandparents, aunt and uncle, all of whom died at Auschwitz in 1942. Who could have sent such a thing? Who was there left alive who even knew those names?
THE POSTCARD | Kirkus Reviews

May 16, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Anne Berest |Tina Kover |Barbara Kingsolver

by Anne Berest ; translated by Tina Kover ‧ A Jewish family’s experience across multiple generations, researched by a mother and daughter, shines a spotlight on French antisemitism, both historic and contemporary. The arrival in 2003 of an unsigned postcard, delivered to her mother Lélia’s postbox in Paris, bearing the names of four family ancestors murdered at Auschwitz, forces Anne Berest properly to consider her Jewish heritage.
9th Ave: Anne Berest with Barbara Lane

May 16, 2023 | greenapplebooks.com | Anne Berest |Tina Kover

Join us Tuesday, May 23 at 7pm PT when Anne Berest celebrates the English language release of her novel, The Postcard, with Barbara Lane at 9th Ave!Presented in partnership with Villa Albertine and French Cultural ServicesMasks Encouraged for In-Person AttendanceOr watch online at the link belowhttps://youtube.com/live/JsidAdGszIU?feature=sharePraise for The Postcard“Full of suspense and emotion, The Postcard is a quest for origins that plunges us into the darkest hours of European history.