Have you started your reading list for 2011 yet? If not, we have the first one for your list! 2008 Sami Rohr Prize winner Lucette Lagnado’s new memoir has just been announced: The Arrogant Years: A Young Girl’s Quest for Her Lost Youth. Her new title will juxtapose her own coming of age in New York with that of her mother in Cairo, revealing how the choices she made meant both a liberation from old world traditions and the loss of a comforting and familiar community. If you wanted to know more about her mother in The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, now is your chance! We’ll provide more information once the book is published…be patient..only 2 years to go…
Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Naomi is the CEO of Jewish Book Council. She graduated from Emory University with degrees in English and Art History and, in addition, studied at University College London. Prior to her role as executive director and now CEO, Naomi served as the founding editor of the JBC website and blog and managing editor of Jewish Book World. In addition, she has overseen JBC’s digital initiatives, and also developed the JBC’s Visiting Scribe series and Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation.