Virtual Book Discussion. On Division: A Novel by Goldie Goldbloom

Thu, Jan 7 2021
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Virtual

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 Through one woman's life at a moment of surprising change, the award-winning author Goldie Goldbloom tells a deeply affecting, morally insightful story and offers a rare look inside Brooklyn's Chasidic community.

In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, just a block or two up from the East River on Division Avenue, Surie Eckstein is soon to be a great-grandmother. Her ten children range in age from thirteen to thirty-nine. Into this life of counted blessings comes a surprise. Surie is pregnant. Pregnant at fifty-seven.-----

Goldie Goldbloom's On Division is an excavation of one woman's life, a story of awakening at middle age, and a thoughtful examination of the dynamics of self and collective identity. 

Add to My Calendar 01/07/2021 10:00 am 01/07/2021 11:00 am America/New_York Virtual Book Discussion. On Division: A Novel by Goldie Goldbloom <p>&nbsp;Through one woman's life at a moment of surprising change, the award-winning author Goldie Goldbloom tells a deeply affecting, morally insightful story and offers a rare look inside Brooklyn's Chasidic community.</p> <p>In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, just a block or two up from the East River on Division Avenue, Surie Eckstein is soon to be a great-grandmother. Her ten children range in age from thirteen to thirty-nine.&nbsp;Into this life of counted blessings comes a surprise. Surie is pregnant. Pregnant at fifty-seven.-----</p> <p>Goldie Goldbloom's On Division is an excavation of one woman's life, a story of awakening at middle age, and a thoughtful examination of the dynamics of self and collective identity.&nbsp;</p> Brooklyn Public Library - Virtual MM/DD/YYYY 60