Bookfair Continues in January!

The JCC's annual Jewish Bookfair - one of Central Ohio's largest and most popular literary events - continues in January with the appearance of Chris Bohjalian, author of Skeletons at the Feast, on Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the JCC.

Based on the actual diary kept by his friend's East Prussian grandmother from 1920 to 1945, Bohjalian's WWII love story is set in January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines. Among the group is 18 year old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella, a 20-year-old Scottish prisoner of war who was brought from the stalag to her family's farm as forced labor. And there is a 26-year-old Wehrmacht corporal, who the pair know as Manfred - who is, in reality, Uri Singer, a Jew from Germany who managed to escape a train bound for Auschwitz. As they work their way west, they encounter a countryside ravaged by war. Their flight will test both Anna's and Callum's love, as well as their friendship with Manfred - assuming any of them even survive. Chris Bohjalian is the critically acclaimed author of eleven novels, including the #1 New York Times Bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection, Midwives.

Copies of multiple titles are currently available in the JCC lobby and will also be available at the JCC on the evening of the presentation. Bohjalian's work makes GREAT Book Club choices for your upcoming winter reading! Tickets are $7 and available by calling the JCC's front desk at (614) 231-2731.

Look for more exciting Bookfair events in February and March of 2010 when we welcome authors Barbara Levenson in New Albany, and Bryan Mark Rigg in Northwest Columbus!