1930s-1960s nonfiction retail fashion leaders
January 9, 2025
WBC Book Archive
February 13, 2025
When We Flew Away
Alice Hoffman
A YA pre-Holocaust fictionalized look at Anne Frank’s early life.
Year Published:
2024
Page Count:
304
March 13, 2025
On Being Jewish Now
Edited by Zibby Owens
An anthology of essays by many current Jewish writers.
Year Published:
2024
Page Count:
342
April 10, 2025
The Singer Sisters
Sarah Seltzer
A novel about women in 1990’s music scene.
Year Published:
2024
Page Count:
272
May 8, 2025
The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960’s Deep South
Jo Ivester
Year Published:
2015
Page Count:
238
June 12, 2025
Ana Turns
Lisa Gornick
A novel encompassing the day before a woman turns 60.
Year Published:
2017
Page Count:
256
January 11, 2024
The Sisters Weiss
Naomi Ragen
An “unforgettable examination of loyalty and betrayal; the differences that can tear a family apart and the invisible bonds that tie them together.”
Year Published:
2013
Page Count:
332
February 8, 2024
The Postcard
Anne Berest, translated by Tina Kover
A beautifully written autobiographical novel about French Jewry during and after the Holocaust, and finding one family’s roots
Year Published:
2023
Page Count:
464
March 14, 2024
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
“A gathering place for Polish, Bulgarian and Lithuanian Jews — everyone from shoemakers to gangsters — as well as Italian laborers and the so-called ‘colored maids, housekeepers, saloon cleaners, factory workers, and bellhops of Chicken Hill.”
Year Published:
2021
Page Count:
400
April 11, 2024
The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman
“A story about murder, magic, faith, love, loyalty, fate and personal destiny” at Masada.
Year Published:
2011
Page Count:
512
May 9, 2024
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
Bess Kalb
A tribute and memoir to her beloved grandmother.
Year Published:
2020
Page Count:
224
June 13, 2024
The Wonder Spot
Melissa Bank
A novel about Sophie Applebaum’s life.
Year Published:
2005
Page Count:
324
July 11, 2024
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl
Renee Rosen
Historical fiction of Estee Lauder’s life.
Year Published:
2023
Page Count:
432
August 8, 2024
Woman on Fire
Lisa Barr
A budding journalist tracking down looted art to return to rightful heirs with intrigue, deception, and mystery
Year Published:
2022
Page Count:
416
September 11, 2024
The Escape Artist
Helen Fremont
A deeply troubling memoir of children of Holocaust survivors and the damage caused by keeping secrets.
Year Published:
2020
Page Count:
192