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Here's what I've been doing recently:
June 2026: I’ve been so busy traveling, I’ve barely had the chance to catch my breath.
I went to New Jersey for a “Lunch with the Authors” Junior League Fundraiser, and wrote all about it (with pictures!).
I flew to California for my middle child’s college graduation. Yes, my high-school drop out graduated from college!
I stayed closer to home for yet another mention in “New York Magazine” about gifted education. (If you are looking for more on that, go to my www.NYCSchoolSecrets.com website for all the inside scoop.)
And I attended a book talk with the authors of “Love in the Afternoon and Evening,” which I reviewed here. (Photo of my husband and I, with my face looking weird.)
Finally the audiobook of “My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region” is available via Amazon and FREE, at that! Snap it up now!
Happy summer, everybody!
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Go On Pretending
Go On Pretending spans three generations of women navigating the tides of history, from the segregated 1950s America to the fall of the USSR and the rise of revolutionary Rojava. The story begins with Rose Janowitz, a pioneer in the golden age of television, who hides a radical past and a secret romance with Jonas Cain, an African-American leading man. As the narrative unfolds, Rose's daughter, Emma Kagan, returns to the US during the era of glasnost, facing the collapse of the Soviet Union and searching for belonging. Finally, in 2012, Libby, Rose's granddaughter, joins the Women's Revolution in Rojava, Syria, unearthing long-buried family secrets amid the chaos of war.
I talk "Go On Pretending" with Jewish Women's Archive. Click to view!
I write many kinds of books:
I am fiftysomething years old, and I still haven’t decided who I want to be when I grow up – or what kinds of books I want to write. So I keep trying it all! Click below and tell me what your favorite genre is – and what I should be doing with my life!