Set against the tragic events of the Oklahoma City bombings, Breaking and Entering follows Christian/Jewish couple Louise and Richard Shapiro as they move from California to rural Michigan with their
"...an American talent..."--Stephen KingPollack writes about times of tragedy and transition insightfully, aware of their everyday quality and of their gravity. In the Mouth is a window onto the ama
A luminous and insightful novel that considers the moral complexities of scientific discovery and the sustaining nature of love . Ayoung researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the gene
A luminous and insightful novel that considers the moral complexities of scientific discovery and the sustaining nature of love. A young researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the gene
"Eileen Pollack had grown up in the 1960s and 70s dreaming of a career as a theoretical astrophysicist. Denied the chance to take advanced courses in science and math, she nonetheless made her way to
A bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computer science In 2005, when Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard,
Failed comedian Ketzel Weinrach searches for her brother Potsie, who has gone missing in Las Vegas, a journey that allows her to take stock of her life as she encounters the Jewish mob and ill-gotten
