{"product_id":"nice-jewish-girls-growing-up-in-america-paperback","title":"Nice Jewish Girls: Growing Up in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarlene Adler Marks\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGrace Paley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaura Shaine Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While nearly every Jewish female reader will find herself reflected here, the poignancy of these stories will be felt by readers of all ethnicities.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChicken soup and Barbra Streisand, lost fathers and first dates, Hebrew school and Queen Esther, seders and seductions. In this insightful, original anthology, forty-five American Jewish writers explore the richness of their shared heritage, from the tragic to the trivial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In memoirs, fiction, and poetry new and favorite writers like Grace Paley, Amy Bloom, Vivian Gornick, and Laura Cunningham brilliantly reveal the challenges of coming of age as a Jewish woman in America today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What have we lost that our mothers and grandmothers had? Do we still feel close ties to family and community? Can we make a decent pot roast? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This spirited collection is full of humor and wisdom, memory and affection--and there isn't a Jewish girl (nice or otherwise) who won't find herself reflected in these vibrant pages.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarlene Adler Marks\u003c\/b\u003e, whose column, \"A Woman's Voice,\" for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Jewish Journal\u003c\/i\u003e revealed her many passions, from politics and education to cancer to hot dogs with sauerkraut, was the recipient of several Rockower and Smolar awards, the highest honors in Jewish journalism. She died in 2002. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrace Paley\u003c\/b\u003e was a short story writer, poet, pacifist, political activist, and professor. She was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction, the Edith Wharton Award, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award for Literary Arts. She died in 2007. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Shaine Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright and journalist whose fiction and nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMirabella\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships for her writing and theatrical work, Cunningham divides her time between New York City and her \"place in the country.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDinah Berland \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review, Ploughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals and anthologies. She lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a book editor for the J. Paul Getty Museum. Visit her on the Web at www.dinahberland.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePersis Knobbe\u003c\/b\u003e is an author of short stories. She writes periodically about her journey with her late husband through the throes of Alzheimer's disease.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.14 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382002729138,"sku":"9780452273979","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/415dfe0cbda1875e49a22d839f2776c0.webp?v=1777825489","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/nice-jewish-girls-growing-up-in-america-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}