Tuesday, December 6, 12 pm
Watch from Home—Virtual
Is finding true love a calling or a curse?
In Lynda Cohen Loigman’s The Matchmaker’s Gift, Sara Glikman knows her gift as a child in 1910: she is a seeker of soulmates and a maker of matches. But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New York’s Lower East Side, Sara’s vocation is dominated by devout older men. After working in secret for more than a decade, Sara must fight to gain recognition for her talents.
Two generations later, Sara has passed away and bequeathed her journals to her granddaughter, Abby, a successful Manhattan divorce attorney. Among the faded volumes, Abby finds more questions than answers.
Author of the bestselling historical novels The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, Loigman’s latest is a heartfelt and magical story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy societal expectations.
Part of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Simon Family JCC’s Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival, this event is part of the Festival’s Arts + Ideas Book of the Month series’ Book-club-style conversations that allow participants to personally engage with authors. This event is free and open to the community, with pre-registration required. For more details and to register, visit JewishVA.org/BookFest.