The Shochet, (Touro U. Press, 2023-2025), is a rare, complex, and important document of life in the Pale of Settlement in the late 19th – early 20th century. I came across the book by accident and felt a particular affinity for it when it mentioned the shtetl near the Ukrainian / Bessarabian border where my grandparents wereContinue reading “Reviewing a unique memoir, The Shochet, in Tablet”
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BookLife Critic’s Review: 10/10
A quarterfinalist for The 2024 BookLife Prize, A Family, Maybe scored 10/10 on this Publishers Weekly-sponsored competition. The Critic’s Report left me deeply humbled. I am sharing it here with the award organizers’ permission. This book is a profound study on the meaning of family—both biological and found—that will stun readers in its authenticity andContinue reading “BookLife Critic’s Review: 10/10”
Lane Igoudin | Author, Professor, Dad 