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Suzanne Chessler
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lance writer. Meeting a publishing house
editor brainstorming new subjects led to
acceptance of her book idea.
oe Fishman may speed
"I remember learning the alphabet
through any discussion of her
as a tiny child and making trips to the
library regularly" Fishman recalls. "I
most recent novel, Driving
Lessons (William Morrow paperbacks;
became a bookworm and was encour-
2014), when she addresses the Mother & aged to write both short stories and
Daughter Book Club at Temple Israel.
book reports.
The author plans to steer back to her
"I started keeping a journal when I
previous book Saving
was 7. In high school, a
Ruth (William Morrow
teacher encouraged me
paperbacks; 2012) as her
to submit a short story to
main subject during a
a citywide contest that I
dinner meeting set for
won, and that meant a lot
Thursday, Jan. 15.
to me.
"I majored in English at
"Saving Ruth was really
more of a Jew-centric
Boston University and was
book in that it is pretty
pretty certain I was going
much my story," Fishman
to go into book publishing.
says in a phone conversa-
I took a summer publish-
tion from her home in
ing program at New York
Atlanta. "I grew up Jewish
University and found work
Author Zoe Fishman
in Alabama and always
with the help of a big-shot
wanted to write about that
editor, a college friend of
experience.
my mother"
Fishman is married to Dr. Ronen
"The protagonist, for better or worse,
is me.
Shacham, a clinical psychologist from
"Ruth's major issues, as she comes
Israel. They have a 3-year-old son, Ari.
home from college, have to do with an
The author, who teaches writing at the
eating disorder — and the impact that
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta,
has on her relationship with her mother
tackles her own projects at home early
— and an identity crisis with this new
in the morning and at Callanwolde while
version of herself'
her son attends a Jewish preschool.
Fishman's other two books also have
"I'm working on a new book that
to do with her experiences.
will be out in winter of 2016" Fishman
"Driving Lessons is primarily about
says. "This will be the first book that
motherhood and three women who are
has nothing to do with me, and that's
all at different stages in the process,"
wonderful in so many ways and kind of
explains the author, 38, who has intro-
scary.
duced her writing at the Jewish Book
"It's about a single mother in her late
Festival in Ann Arbor.
30s whose mentor dies, leaving her a
"I came up with the idea and started
home in Sag Harbor, but there's a catch.
writing it when I was pregnant. I had
The novel will be about secrets, mortal-
the protagonist moving from New York
ity and the whole concept of love and
to a small town in Virginia because her
friendship"
husband gets a job there.
Secrets, mortality, love and friendship
"I moved from New York to Atlanta
enter into Fishman's published books,
with my husband, and I wanted to talk
and she is prepared to discuss all that at
Temple Israel.
about all the misconceptions that mak-
ing a move can mean"
While Fishman used the driving
Zoe Fishman will speak at a din-
metaphor to explore gaining control,
ner meeting of the Mother &
Balancing Acts (Harper Perennial;
Daughter Book Club of Temple
2010) maps out connections to yoga as
Israel at 7 p.m. Thursday,
four 30-somethings come to grips with
Jan.15, at the temple in West
their lives while learning about the disci-
Bloomfield. $18 includes dinner,
pline and themselves.
wine and dessert. RSVP: Kate
At the time Fishman wrote her first
Boman at (248) 661-5700 or
book, she had spent more than a decade
kate@temple_israel.org.
working as an editor, agent and free-

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