Author and BWC member, Sacha Lamb will speak with Shule Students and other BWC members on Sunday, December 8th from 11am – 12:00pm in Brookline and online. 

At noon, in person, there will be light refreshments. The Brookline location of the event will be sent to in-person registrants via email before the event. 

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At this event, Sacha will talk about the two novels they have written:

WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY
The BWC Book Group read this novel in October and members enjoyed it immensely. Kirk’s starred review: “Steeped in Ashkenazi lore, custom, and faith, this beautifully written story deftly tackles questions of identity, good and evil, obligation, and the many forms love can take. Queerness and gender fluidity thread through both the human and supernatural characters, clearly depicted without feeling anachronistic. Gorgeous, fascinating, and fun.”

THE FORBIDDEN BOOK
Review on Amazon: “Lamb has a gift for writing books that feel at once like classics and also totally fresh and unique.” Minuteman Library Network description: “Dybbuks. Illegal printing. A genderqueer lesbian with a knife. Set against a backdrop of literary censorship and growing Jewish political consciousness, Sydney Taylor and Stonewall award-winning Sacha Lamb’s sophomore novel is a soaring exploration of identity, survival, and ultimately, hope. On the night before her wedding, 17-year-old Sorel leaps from a window and runs away from her life. To keep from being discovered, she takes on the male identity of Isser Jacobs — but it soon becomes clear that there is a real Isser Jacobs, and people want him dead.”
 
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