In 2013, Pleasanton author Helene Wecker published her first novel, “The Golem and the Jinni,” about an unlikely friendship between two magical creatures who meet in New York City in 1899. The book incorporates elements of fantasy, historical fiction, and Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature and won several awards.
It was also a hit with Bay Area Jewish readers, according to staff at the Jewish Community Library.
Whither Vashti? One Bay One Book program tackles ‘The Book of V.’
The Jewish Community Library has chosen Anna Solomon’s new novel “The Book of V.” for its next One Bay One Book program, a popular, community-wide offering served up annually by S.F.-based Jewish LearningWorks. Published in May, Solomon’s third novel follows three women in different time periods whose lives offer interpretive windows into the Biblical stories …