The Woman in the Room: A Jewish Life Through 100 Years of History
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Woman in the Room: A Jewish Life Through 100 Years of History
By (Author) Naomi B. Levine
By (author) Sofia Groopman
She Writes Press
She Writes Press
2nd July 2024
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
Description
Sylvie considers herself a team player at her artificial intelligence (AI) company, but when she uncovers her colleagues illegal activities, pleasing everyone becomes impossible. Torn about what to do, she confides in her personal trainer, whos dismayed not only by the choices she faces but also by her advocacy of AI, a technology he considers dangerous. Despite the barbs the two trade at the gym, they are drawn to each other. If only Sylvie werent continually summoned to the Miami estate of her mother and stepfather, where illness, death, a disputed will, and the rekindled ashes of an old flame swirl into a disaster that follows Sylvie back to Boston, bringing harm to her and those she cares about.
Author Bio
Naomi B. Levine was a celebrated attorney, activist, and fundraiser. She graduated from Columbia Law School at a time when few women were admitted and went on to pen amici briefs that were essential to the civil rights cases Sweatt v. Painter (1950) and Brown v. The Board of Education Topeka (1954). She was the first female director of the American Jewish Congress and played an active role in the Civil Rights movement from that position. She later became an Executive Vice President of New York University, where she orchestrated the first billion-dollar capital campaign. She passed away in Florida in 2021 at the age of 97. She was a life-long New Yorker. Sofia Ergas Groopman is a writer and editor from New York City. A graduate of Harvard College, she earned her MFA from the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan, where she received the Hopwood Award for Fiction, the Hopwood Award for Nonfiction, and the Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, The Paris Review Daily, Joyland, and The Gettysburg Review. Before turning to writing, she worked in trade publishing for five years, most recently as an Associate Editor at Harper/HarperCollins. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, their son, and their sassy dachshund.
