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"No," the agent said. "A publisher
made an offer."
The Kommandant's Girl became an
international best seller and was followed
by The Winter Guest, The Diplomat's Wife
and more, but Addie Montforte had to
wait until three years ago, when Jenoff
suddenly remembered the Italian girl
and pulled the story out of a drawer. She
was surprised to find that it was "still
fresh and interesting," she says.
As with all her novels, The Last
Summer at Chelsea Beach started with
an idea followed by "a lot of junk," Jenoff
says. The "junk" is piles and piles of
notes, scribbles, some thoughts that
will ultimately develop into scenes and
many more that will be left behind, a
process "I don't recommend to anybody"
Then Jenoff rewrites and edits, edits and
rewrites. She works at a computer but
always keeps a notebook with her, "for
problem-solving:' Next, a draft goes to
the agent and editor, who make their
own recommendations, and finally to
the printer.
Even with her great success as a writ-
er, Jenoff remains humble and is quick

to reveal one of the keys to her career. "I
wanted it very, very badly," she says. "I've
met better writers, but I was absolutely
tenacious:'
Married and the mother of three,
Jenoff also is willing to listen to criticism.
She reads all the reviews and comments
on Amazon, all the little, "Why didn't
you ..." from critics whose only source is
Wikipedia. "You can learn" from these,
she says.
She is a voracious reader who writes
every day, loves going to the library and
tries to get in "the occasional workout,"
she says. She can't wait for Book Club
Night at the Annual Jewish Book Fair.
"You're a household name!" a friend
told her recently.
Jenoff laughed.
"I could stand in Barnes & Noble with
a sign that says: 'I am author Pam Jenoff'
and I don't think anyone would notice,"
she says. "But when I'm naked in the
JCC locker room," finally getting in a
workout, "that is when someone is going
to recognize me and come right over to
talk." *

3 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 12
Jo Ivester: The Outskirts
of Hope: A Memoir of
the 1960s Deep South
In 1967, Jo Ivester,
then 10 years old, moved
with her Jewish family
from a Boston suburb to
a small, all-black town in
the heart of Mississippi.
There, Jo's father served
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Daniel M. Cohen: Single Handed:
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The Inspiring True Story of Tibor
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"Teddy" Rubin — Holocaust Survivor,
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he would become the only Holocaust
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Single Handed is the story of Rubin's life,
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deeper questions of life and a way for
the Jewish community to gain pride
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