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COMEDY NIGHT
Saturday, Nov. 11
7:30 p.m.
Susan Silver: Hot Pants
in Hollywood
Alan Zweibel: For This
We Left Egypt? A Passover
Haggadah for Jews and
Those Who Love Them
$20 each or two for $36,
includes drinks and snacks.

Hot Pants in Hollywood
What could be better than
to be successful in Hollywood!
Well, funny you should ask.
Susan Silver was one of the
first female TV comedy writ-
ers, with credits including
The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
Maude and Bob Newhart. She
also wrote a dating column
about searching for “Mr.

FICTION
5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5
Alex Berenson: The Prisoner
Impossible.
Or — could it be?
A CIA agent is said to be
passing vital information to
ISIS.
There’s only one man for the
job: John Wells, of course. But
Wells left this kind of work a
long time ago.
Or so he thought.
Now, the only American
agent ever to penetrate al-

DETAILS
Unless otherwise noted,
all Book Fair events will
be held at the Jewish
Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit, West
Bloomfield. To purchase
tickets, contact the Berman
Center for the Performing
Arts at (248) 661-1900 or
theberman.org.

October 26 • 2017

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Adequate” and built a success-
ful career in New York.
Of course, things — espe-
cially in Hollywood — are
rarely what they seem.
Susan Silver reveals her
story in this tale of love, fame
and a very funny life.

For This We Left Egypt? A
Passover Haggadah for Jews
and Those Who Love Them
There are many ways to
prepare for and celebrate
Passover.
In For This We Left Egypt,
authors Dave Barry, Alan
Zweibel and Adam Mansbach
recommend using a blow-
torch. Just a few terrific bursts
of fire and your chametz is
gone!
And how about arriving in a

Qaeda must assume his former
identity as a jihadi — and what
he discovers is unbelievable. A
blockbuster thriller from New
York Times best-selling author
Alex Berenson.

11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6
Sana Krasikov: The Patriots
Florence Fein left New York
during the Great Depression to
take a job in Russia.
Years later, her son Julian is
heading in the same direction,
but for a very different reason.

PATRON NIGHT
Tuesday, Nov. 7
6:30 p.m. Dinner
8 p.m. Author Talk
Nathan
Englander •

place that’s, well, a little differ-
ent after all those years in the
desert? In this book, there’s no
land of milk and honey. It’s the
land of rocks and Yorkshire
terrier-sized scorpions.
If it’s time to shake things

Julian lives in
the U.S. now
but is sent to
Moscow for
work. While
in Russia, he
learns that
his mother’s
KGB file has
been opened
— and is
about to
reveal aston-

ishing secrets.

10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8
Janet Benton: Lilli de Jong
A young woman arrives at
the doorstep of a Philadelphia
home for unwed mothers.
It’s 1883, and Lilli de Jong
has no money; the father of her
baby has abandoned her, and
she has no source of income.
She is set to put her child
up for adoption, but when the
little girl is born, everything

up a bit at your Passover table,
you won’t want to miss this
fun and funny version of the
Haggadah that practically
guarantees everyone will actu-
ally stay awake throughout the
entire evening. •

changes.
Lilli tells her story in a diary,
the story of a journey that
starts at a charity and moves to
the streets of a new American
city. “So little is permissible for
a woman,” Lilli writes, “yet on
her back every human climbs
to adulthood.”

11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 12
Laurie Frankel: This Is How It
Always Is
Maybe you have a child
like Claude or know someone
like him. There are plenty of
Claudes in the world.
Claude is 5 years old, and
when he grows up he wants to
be a girl.
Claude’s parents are support-
ive, but what about the rest of
the world?
This Is How It Always Is is the
story of family, community and
the ways in which love shapes
and transforms. •

FAMILY PROGRAM
1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12
Sammy the Spider Comes to Book Fair — Chanukah, Israel,
Mitzvah and First Friend
Join in on a fun event with an adorable spider who loves
Jewish holidays!
Sammy the Spider lives in the Shapiro home where he has
learned all about Chanukah and Shabbat, where he picked up a
few Hebrew words and where he makes a new friend from Israel.
There will be fun and games and plenty of surprises for all of
Sammy’s guests. •

