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doctorima

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 2:48 pm

debsey wrote:

OMG - have not thought about that book for years. I LOVED it when I was a little kid. Is it still in print? Does anyone know?

It looks like it's out of print and a fortune on Amazon, but I did find it for a reasonable price if anybody wants to order it:

http://www.jewishusedbooks.com.....28057

workaholicmama

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 2:55 pm

ibelongtosomebody wrote:

I'll start.
Yael Mermelstein
Etka Gittel Schwartz

I opened this thread to post these 2. ....

amother

Brunette

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 3:02 pm

I like Rachael Lavon, Dov Haller and Ahuva Parnes

amother

Seafoam

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 1:40 am

[quote="debsey"]Rachel Pomerantz (A Time To Rend, a Time To Sew, Wildflower, etc.) IMHO, she's in a whole 'nother realm of excellence from Riva Pomerantz. It's serious novel vs. soap opera.

Couldn't ignore this.
I don't think this is an observation on these two authors but on the evolving frum literary world. Seems most novels, even the ones written by today's "top" authors, are more soap opera-ish than "serious novel." And ppl lap it up.

Maybe it's because nearly all authors named here publish novels almost exclusively first as serials. Maybe it's because ppl don't have patience for lengthy, slower-paced, deep books anymore. Even the longer ones are mostly action-based and don't compare to the thick novels we grew up with, the ones you could lose yourself in and return to, again and again.

There are a few exceptions but not many.

Sad.

DrMom

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 1:52 am

Franz Kafka
Jonathan Safran Foer
Christopher Hitchens
Michael Chabon

amother

Cyan

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 2:03 am

I loved Rachel Pomerantz's older books and really disliked the last one I read. I forgot the name. It was a few years ago.
I also loved Esti Florans "conquer the darkness" and disliked a recent book she wrote (I think it was called "lift me higher"? or something similar)
Same with m. bassara

I'm not sure why, either the quality went down or my taste went up...

Shuly

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 5:19 am

As a teenager, I loved Libby Lazewnick's books

PAMOM

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 9:42 am

Adding to Dr Mom's list: Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, David Grossman, Amos Oz, Yehudah Amichai. More? Are you looking for ideas or just curious?

Chayalle

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 9:46 am

amother wrote:

Interesting because my teens did not like Conquer the Darkness, but while they found it a bit wordy and skipped around a bit, they liked Lift Me Higher and her other recent one, forgot the title, much better. They found it to be much more real.

BasMelech120

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 10:10 am

Ben Shapiro

PinkFridge

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 10:13 am

Amother seafoam, there is some elegant Judaica writing out there, but I hesitate to name names if I don't name everyone who's here on imamother.

MagentaYenta

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 1:08 pm

PAMOM wrote:

Adding to Dr Mom's list: Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, David Grossman, Amos Oz, Yehudah Amichai. More? Are you looking for ideas or just curious?

I love Ozick. I also enjoy Singer, Malamud, Bellow, Mark Helprin, Primo Levy, Potok, Maus, and Yaffa Eliach. I tend to be rather old school when it comes to Jewish authors. I've recently found Eliach and she is a great writer.

sequoia

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 1:23 pm

Kafka, Hitchens, Roth, Malamud, Lev Grossman, Dina Rubina, Naomi Ragen, Masha Gessen

amother

Indigo

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 1:31 pm

DrMom wrote:

Franz Kafka
Jonathan Safran Foer
Christopher Hitchens
Michael Chabon

Alice Hoffman

amother

Cerulean

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 1:40 pm

[quote="doctorima"]It looks like it's out of print and a fortune on Amazon, but I did find it for a reasonable price if anybody wants to order it:

http://www.jewishusedbooks.com.....uote]

I was so surprized when I opened the link. this woman was my principle!. she was an amazing woman. a real educated woman from a chasidish background with so much knowledge and so much charisma and strength. she is something special. her daughter is atarah malach. she writes books too. on parenting. she is amazing too. she writes on marriage too. shes amazing. forgot the name.