Wednesday, June 19th
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Black Rock Branch

Food for Thought Book Discussion

Food for Thought meets once a month at 1:00 PM. Bring your lunch and we will provide free refreshments and dessert.

This month’s book is:

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

This debut novel blends Jewish and Arab mythologies to create a magical novel set in 1889 New York. A golem named Chava, brought to life by a renegade rabbi, loses the husband who had commissioned her on the voyage from Poland, while the jinni Ahmad is released by a tinsmith from captivity in a copper flask (where hed been put centuries before by a Bedouin wizard). As Chava and Ahmad unite against a terrible threat, denizens of their lower Manhattan neighborhood swirl about them intriguingly.

Call the library today and reserve your copy: 203 576-7025.