by Elisa Albert

Freud Family Fiction

A teenage heroine who longs to bond with her father

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Esther Freud’s novel Love Falls (Ecco, $13.95) takes place during the summer of 1981, against the backdrop of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding, as 17-year-old Lara travels to Italy to spend time with her mysterious father. It’s the latter narrative on which the novel focuses, even as it relies on the former for period detail and a good deal of charm.

Spring 2008

Young Israeli artists take New York. What kind of dress for an Orthodox bride? Too Jewish? Sisters reclaim the family name. A tween yeshiva girl drug addict.

A Tween Addict in Recovery

by “Sara”

Young Israelis Make Waves In NYC

How Does A Modern Orthodox Feminist Get Married?

as told to Melanie Weiss, illustrations by Ilene Beckerman

Winter 2019-2020

DNA secrets, hidden identities • Breast cancer and Jewish women • Tillie Olsen: feminist foremother • At her ritual haircut, she knew she was a girl • The first lady of lox

Fall 2019

#MeToo stories • Jewish women and breast cancer: crisis, intimacy, recovery • Jennifer Weiner on “chick lit’s” power • Suddenly, period positivity • A feminist Jew’s tough search for holiness in community.

Summer 2019

Jewish women and addiction. 1960s & 70s feminism roars back, trendy again. Transforming Jewish life in small-town Maine. Choosing to be Jewish–thus feeling perpetually “the stranger.” Food writing by women that changes the entire culture. She redefines the meaning of Jewish art.

Spring 2019

“Unfaithful,” the theme of 3 prize-winning short stories • Israel’s little-known School for Peace and the woman who created it • The new questions those male policy-makers didn’t know to ask

Freud Family Fiction

A teenage heroine who longs to bond with her father

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