I'm so pleased to announce that Mary Glickman will join us on Book Club Girl on Air on Tuesday, December 14th, to discuss her debut novel, Home in the Morning. Inspiring and seeped in rich themes of religion, race, love, and redemption, Home in the Morning introduces an important new literary voice.
Home in the Morning is an unconventional love story set at the cusp of the civil rights movement. Jackson Sassaport is caught between three women: Missy Fine Sassaport, his Old South Jewish mother; Stella Godwin, his beloved and opinionated Yankee wife; and Katherine Marie, the poor African American woman he has loved since his childhood in Mississippi. But as they emerge into the civil rights era, Jackson must decide where to place his allegiances, and whom he must betray. Mary Glickman’s riveting novel traces the ways that race, creed, friendship, family, and love intertwine to shape our lives.
Mary Glickman’s personal story is as compelling as the story she brings to the page. Born to a large Polish Catholic family on the outskirts of Boston, she came of age in the sixties. She fell in love with a Jewish man, eagerly embraced and converted to his faith, and moved to the South with him. Her work echoes some of the great Southern writers who have inspired her, such as Flannery O’Connor, and follows in the great tradition of Jewish authors, including Chaim Potok and Saul Bellow.
Learn more about Home in the Morning and Mary Glickman, download the reading group guide and set your reminder for the show here. And, for the first time, I have five copies of the e-book (rather than the printed book) to give away to the first five people who comment that they’d like to participate in the show on December 14th at 7:30 p.m. (EST). I'll send the first 5 people a Net Galley log-in to receive their free copy.





















































































































I want to participate in the show on Dec. 14th!
Posted by: Tackettfamilyky | November 28, 2010 at 11:44 PM
I would like to participate on Dec 14th, sounds interesting
Posted by: Michelle | November 29, 2010 at 01:53 AM
I'd love to participate. This sounds like a very interesting read.
Posted by: Marthalama.wordpress.com | November 29, 2010 at 05:38 AM
Can you download it to a kindle? If so, count me in please. If not, please give it to the next commenter.
BTW - I just finished reading Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt. If you think someone else could receive it and read it in time for the discussion too (and wouldn't mind a pre-enjoyed copy)I'd be happy to pass it on.
Posted by: Melissa | November 29, 2010 at 07:42 AM
Hi everyone, looks like the way to comment on typepad might have changed, as only one of your email addresses came through. I need your emails in order to send you the code. So Tackett Family, Michelle and Marthalama - can you send me your addresses? Email me at bookclubgirl AT gmail DOT com.
thanks!
Posted by: BookClubGirl | November 29, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Just got my first e-reader. Sounds like a great book to start with, love to participate if you still have room.
Posted by: Kathy Kobos | November 29, 2010 at 11:09 AM