LUNCH WITH THE AUTHORS featuring Aaron Hamburger and Nina Simon

Join the **Detroit Jewish Book Fair** for LUNCH WITH THE AUTHORS featuring
Authors, **Aaron Hamburger** ( _Hotel Cuba_ ), and **Nina Simon** ( _Mother-
Daughter Murder Night_ )
Speakers and Lunch, $36
**Pre-registration required** , limited seating available: (https://jccdet.typeform.com/to/KThFSVnu)

Books will be available during the event in the Book Fair Bookstore, followed
by a book signing with the authors.

**About the book: _Mother-Daughter Murder Night_**[ ** __**](https://bookshop.org/a/7125/9780063315044)
High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of, but when she
finds herself trapped miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy ** **
coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana
is stuck hoping that boredom won’t kill her before the cancer does. Then Jack
happens upon a dead body while kayaking. With Jack and Beth’s help, Lana
uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath
the surface of a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy
ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous
territory, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn to do the one thing they’ve
always resisted: depend on each other.

**About the author:** Nina Simon writes crime stories about strong women. A
former NASA engineer, slam poet, and museum director, Nina lives with her
family in an off-grid community in the Santa Cruz Mountains. _Mother-Daughter
Murder Night_ is her first novel.

**About the book: _Hotel Cuba_**(https://bookshop.org/a/7125/9780063221444)
Fleeing the chaos of World War I and the terror of the Soviet Revolution,
practical, sensible Pearl Kahn and her lovestruck, impulsive younger sibling
Frieda sail for America to join their sister in New York. But discriminatory
new immigration laws bar their entry, and the young women are turned back at
Ellis Island. With few options, Pearl and Frieda head for Havana, Cuba,
convinced they will find a way to overcome this setback.
A heartbreaking, epic family story, _Hotel Cuba_ explores the profound
courage of two women displaced from their home who strive to create a new
future in an enticing and dangerous world far different from anything they
have ever known.

**About the author:** Aaron Hamburger is the author of the story collection _
The View from Stalin’s Head_–which won the American Academy of Arts and
Letters’ Rome Prize and was nominated for a Violet Quill Award–and two
novels, _Faith for Beginners_ , which was nominated for a Lambda Literary
Award, and _Nirvana Is Here_ , winner of a Bronze Medal from the Foreword
Reviews Indies Book Awards. His writing has appeared in the _New York Times_
; _Washington Post_ ; _O_ , _The_ _Oprah Magazine_ ; _Tablet_ ; _The
Forward_ ; and numerous other publications. He lives in Washington, DC.

**SPONSORS:** Gold Book Sponsor: Bookstock; Bronze Book Sponsor: Hadassah
Greater Detroit

For more information about the Detroit Jewish Book Fair and to become a
Patron, visit www.jccdet.org/bookfair

Organized by: The J, The Detroit Jewish Book Fair

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