FICTION

8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12
Anthony David: An Improbable
Friendship: The Remarkable
Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and
Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and
Their 40-Year Mission to Build
Understanding Between Their
Peoples ($10)
The distance between the two
women could not have been greater:
One would become the mother-in-
law of Israel's most notorious enemy,
and the other was married to Israel's
top military leader. Yet Raymonda
Tawil, mother-in-law of Yasser Arafat,
and Ruth Dayan, wife of Gen. Moshe
Dayan, became good friends. This
compelling biography is a fascinating
look at two surprising women.

8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14
Concert and author
presentation
Steve Katz: Blood, Sweat, and My
Rock 'n' Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a
Rock Star? ($18)
He worked with Blood, Sweat and
Tears, Lou Reed, Mose Allison and
Jimi Hendrix. Steve Katz was at the
heart of rock-n-roll in its heyday,
playing guitar, singing and writing
songs that remain favorites to this
day. He managed to be both part
of the music world and stay at the
edge of the spotlight, allowing for an
extraordinary perspective on rock
music from the '60s to today.

2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15
Gil Troy: The Age of Clinton:
America in the 1990s
Gil Troy describes the 1990s as the
"Age of Clinton:' a decade of a leader
— and his wife — who personi-
fied the country's noble aspirations,
achievements, missed opportunities
and embarrassing excesses. From
Oprah Winfrey to Newt Gingrich,
Harry Potter to America's changing
relationship with Israel, The Age of
Clinton takes readers on a wild and
insightful ride through an unforget-
table 10 years. *

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11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8
Joshua Braff: The Daddy
Diaries
You know things are going
to be different when Dad is in
charge. But are they going to be
different good?
Meet Jackie and Jay. Jackie
has a high-paying new job. Jay,
an aspiring author, is home
with the couples' troubled
13-year-old son and precocious
daughter. Joshua Braff's new
novel is a funny, poignant look
at the changing look of modern
families.

2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10
Tea & Fiction
Emily Hebert: Those Secrets
We Keep
Three friends are about to
meet for a relaxing vacation.
There's Sloane, who seems to
have everything anyone could
want. So why does she feel as
though something is missing?

HEALTH
AWARENESS
DAY

Friday, Nov. 6
10 a.m.
Rebecca Alexander: Not Fade
Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost
and Found
Rebecca Alexander is a
psychotherapist with two mas-
ter's degrees from Columbia
University, an extreme athlete, a
volunteer and an author. Because
of a rare genetic mutation, she
also is nearly blind and deaf.

11:30 a.m.
Jessica Fechtor: Stir: My
Broken Brain and the Meals
That Brought Me Home
Jessica Fechtor believes that
"beginnings are everywhere." At
age 28, she found one where she
least expected it.

Next is Hillary, who has a
career, a happy marriage but no
children — and there's a reason
for that.
Georgina is rich, fun and
carefree. But her life is taking
a profound change, and she's
headed for escape.
This trip is about to take a
surprising turn when Sloane,
Hillary and Georgina realize
their secrets can't be kept for-
ever.

10 a.m. Thursday, Nov.12
Victoria Aarons: The New
Diaspora: The Changing
Landscape of American Jewish
Fiction
The New Diaspora features 36
stories and chapters from lead-
ing authors, including Rebecca
Goldstein, Nathan Englander,
Jonathan Safran Foer and Dara
Horn, and from Cuba, South
Africa, Hungary, Egypt, France
and Russia, all reflecting the

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10 a.m. Sunday. Nov. 15
Joseph Skibell: My Father's
Guitar and Other Imaginary
Things
The phone rings. The clatter
of voices and a pause and then:
"Hello, Mr. Jones. Did you know
that now is a great time to get a
mortgage?" or "Would you like
to make a donation to ..." or, in
author Joseph Skibell's world:
"Could you help me to get
Shambala?"
In his new short story collec-
tion, Joseph Skibell considers
bewildering questions like:
Maybe that telemarketer is really
in search of a Utopian world?
Why would a parent tell you
he's going to give you something
beautiful — but then it's not
beautiful at all? Quirky and
charming, these stories focus on
life's annoyances, dreams and
delusions. *

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2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. E
Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg:
A Perfect God Created an
Imperfect World Perfectly:
30 Life Lessons from Kids
Kicking Cancer
Rabbi Goldberg, a clinical
assistant professor at Wayne
State University School of
Medicine, was hailed a Top
CNN Hero. The founder
and director of Kids Kicking
Cancer, Rabbi Goldberg uses
martial arts to help boys and
girls learn how to manage
the fear and anxiety that
accompanies their disease.
In A Perfect God Created
an Imperfect World, he
presents 30 lessons explain-
ing how anyone can make
significant changes in his/her
response to stress.

Reclaim Good Health

Rebecca Alexander

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Fechtor was running on the
treadmill when an aneurysm
burst in her brain. She nearly
died, endured two surgeries and
lost sight in her left eye. Her
journey to recovery began in the
kitchen, where she ultimately
came to a new understanding of
what it means to nourish and be
nourished. See story on page 60.

1 p.m.
Dr. Richard Jacoby: Sugar
Crush: How to Reduce

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Inflammation, Reverse Nerve
Damage, and Reclaim Good
Health
According to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, the
typical American consumes
between 150 and 170 pounds
of refined sugars every year.
Just how bad is that? Dr. Jacoby
explains the dangers of a diet
high in sugar, processed carbo-
hydrates and wheat. *

12:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 15
Lunch and Learn
Rabbi Art Green: Judaism's
10 Best Ideas: A Brief
Guide For Seekers ($18).
Reservations required by
Nov. 6
Rabbi Art Green, named
to Newsweek's list of Top
50 Influential Rabbis in
America every year since
2008, writes with warmth
and humor as he explains
the beauty and relevance of
religion and what keeps him
loyal to the tradition. *

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