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Lauren Grodstein

November 18, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Magic City Books is proud to welcome bestselling author Lauren Grodstein for a free, in-store event to celebrate the paperback release of her most recent book, We Must Not Think of Ourselves on Monday, November 18. This event will take place at 7:00 pm in the Algonquin Room at Magic City Books.

We Must Not Think of Ourselves was a Read with Jenna selection and named a Best Book of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews (Best Fiction Books of the Year & Best Historical Fiction of 2023). Inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name Oneg Shabbat, and told with immediacy and heart, We Must Not Think of Ourselves is a piercing story of love, determination, and sacrifice.

We Must Not Think of Ourselves will be published in paperback by Algonquin Books on October 29. If you would like to reserve a copy to get signed by Lauren, you can order in person at Magic City Books or online at: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/we-must-not-think-of-ourselves/2989.

About We Must Not Think of Ourselves

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein, a story inspired by a little-known piece of the history of the Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II. Called a “masterpiece” and chosen as a Today show Read with Jenna book club pick (Madeline Miller).

On a November day in 1940, teacher Adam Paskow becomes a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, where the Jews of the city are cut off from their former lives and held captive by Nazi guards to await an uncertain fate. Weeks later, he is approached by a mysterious figure with a surprising request: Would he join a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside the ghetto’s walls?

Adam agrees and begins taking testimonies from his students, friends, and neighbors. Their stories form a portrait of endurance in a world where no choices are good ones. One of the people Adam interviews is his flatmate Sala Wiskoff, who is stoic, determined, and funny–and married with two children. Over the months of their confinement, in the presence of her family, they fall in love. As they desperately carve out intimacy, their relationship feels both impossible and vital, their connection keeping them alive. But when Adam discovers a possible escape from the Ghetto, he is faced with an unbearable choice: whom can he save, and at what cost ?

Inspired by the real testimony-gathering project with the code name Oneg Shabbat, and told with immediacy and heart, We Must Not Think of Ourselves is a piercing story of love, determination, and sacrifice.

Lauren Grodstein is the author of Our Short History, The Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation for Everything, and the New York Times-bestselling A Friend of the Family, among other works. Her stories, essays, and articles have appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies, and have been translated into French, German, Chinese, and Italian, among other languages. Her work has also appeared in Elle, The New York Times, Refinery29, Salon.com, Barrelhouse, Post Road, and The Washington Post. She is a professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden, where she teaches in the MFA program in creative writing.

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Date:
November 18, 2024
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Magic City Books

Venue

Magic City Books
221 E. Archer St.
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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