Yona Zeldis McDonough
A Yiddish novelist who is brazen and frank about the unequal power dynamics between men and women in intimate relationships.
A Yiddish novelist who is brazen and frank about the unequal power dynamics between men and women in intimate relationships.
“Unlikeable” female characters should probably just be called “characters.”
Two best friends jump off a train heading for Auschwitz, leaving their mothers still on board.
Everyone loves a great mystery on the page, but what about in real life?
I wanted the characters in The Wartime Sisters to be imperfect and layered, to make good and bad choices, to be difficult, to fail, and also to grow. It’s important to me that people recognize pieces of themselves and their family members when they read about Ruth and Millie.
“The Last Book Party,” a novel by Karen Dukess
Kirsty Manning began to explore the largely untold history of the Jews who found refuge in Shanghai during WWII while visiting the city with her family. She then embarked on a quest to tell this story.
“I know what it’s like to feel hated and betrayed by a woman friend. I think we all do.”
“Nationalism, for all its insistence on keeping like with like, inevitably tears families apart. Homes are bombed, children are separated from their parents. “