{"title":"Jennifer S. Brown","description":"Jennifer S. Brown has published fiction and creative nonfiction in Fiction Southeast, The Best Women's Travel Writing, The Southeast Review, The Sierra Nevada Review, and the Bellevue Literary Review, among other places. Her essay \"The Codeine of Jordan\" was selected as a notable essay in The Best American Travel Writing in 2012. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Washington.","products":[{"product_id":"modern-girls-paperback","title":"Modern Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling debut novel set in New York City's Jewish immigrant community in 1935...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHow was it that out of all the girls in the office, I was the one to find myself in this situation? This didn't happen to nice Jewish girls.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1935, Dottie Krasinsky is the epitome of the modern girl. A bookkeeper in Midtown Manhattan, Dottie steals kisses from her steady beau, meets her girlfriends for drinks, and eyes the latest fashions. Yet at heart, she is a dutiful daughter, living with her Yiddish-speaking parents on the Lower East Side. So when, after a single careless night, she finds herself in a family way by a charismatic but unsuitable man, she is desperate: unwed, unsure, and running out of options. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the birth of five children--and twenty years as a housewife--Dottie's immigrant mother, Rose, is itching to return to the social activism she embraced as a young woman. With strikes and breadlines at home and National Socialism rising in Europe, there is much more important work to do than cooking and cleaning. So when she realizes that she, too, is pregnant, she struggles to reconcile her longings with her faith. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As mother and daughter wrestle with unthinkable choices, they are forced to confront their beliefs, the changing world, and the fact that their lives will never again be the same....","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103701602527,"sku":"9780451477125","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZW42kTmAk69780451477125.webp?v=1781097468"},{"product_id":"the-whisper-sister-paperback","title":"The Whisper Sister - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eModern Girls\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in Prohibition-era New York, tracing one immigrant family's fortunes and a young girl's journey from the schoolyard to the speakeasy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe streets of New York in 1920 are most certainly not paved with gold, as Minnie Soffer learns when she arrives at Ellis Island. Her father, who left Ukraine when Minnie was a toddler, feels like a stranger. She sleeps on a mattress on the kitchen floor. She understands nothing at school. They came to America for this?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs her family adjusts to this new life, Minnie and her brother work hard to learn English and make friends. When her father, Ike, opens his own soda shop, stability and citizenship seem within reach. But the soda shop is not what it seems; it's a front for Ike's real moneymaker: a speakeasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen tragedy strikes the Soffers, Minnie has no choice but to take over the bar. She's determined to make the speakeasy a success despite the risks it brings to herself, her family, and her freedom. At what price does the American dream come true? Minnie won't stop until she finds out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104425677023,"sku":"9781662521232","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cd-nlGGuUm9781662521232.webp?v=1781108283"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jennifer-s-brown.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}