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People of the Book

Meryl Ain

On People of the Book, award-winning author Meryl Ain chats with notable authors, and brings you the best in books with Jewish content. From novels to memoirs to short stories to scholarly tomes, we cover a wide range of reads. Our freewheeling conversations are thought provoking and intimate. They span historical themes, contemporary issues, the writing process, and the influences that inspire an... more

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Meryl chats with Alex Kor about his 2024 memoir, A Blessing, Not a Burden, which chronicles his incredible journey as the child of two Holocaust survivors to his present day mission of keeping alive his parents’ legacy. They also discuss his mother’s... more

Meryl chats with Sharon Gloger Friedman about historical fiction, and her recently released novel, The Other Emma. Set in the Gilded Age, a young girl assumes the identity of her wealthy adopted sister when she perishes in the Blizzard of 1888. The n... more

Meryl chats with Kitty Zeldis about her new novel, One of Them, a story about two young women at Vassar in the years after World War II. It is a tale of secrets and lies, the knotty question of Jewish identity, and the complicated relationship of mot... more

Meryl chats with A.J. Sidransky about his new memoir, Plums, Paprika & Ghosts. It’s a chronicle of the trip he took with his 27-year-old-son Jake to Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, to discover their family roots. This “life changing” journ... more

Meryl Ain chats with Julie Brill, the author of Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia. They discuss how Julie’s research and travel gave her a deep understanding of her family history in Serbia, especi... more

Meryl chats with Marilyn Simon Rothstein about her new novel, Who Loves You Best. It’s the story of three very different grandmothers competing for the attention of their mutual granddaughter. In addition, Marilyn discusses her approach to combining ... more

Meryl chats with Julie Metz about her memoir, Eva and Eve, which chronicles her research journey to discover her mother’s hidden past in Nazi-occupied Austria. They also discuss how researching and writing about her mother’s experience has impacted h... more

Meryl chats with Jacqueline Friedland about her new novel, Counting Backwards (March 2025), a dual-timeline novel which explores fertility, inequality, reproductive rights, and bodily autonomy. It’s told from the perspectives of Jessa Gidney, a moder... more

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