Bestselling Author Anita Diamant to Speak

Bestselling author Anita Diamant (The Boston Girl) will discuss her newest novel and issues of importance to Jewish women on Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30pm at Temple Sinai (25 Canton Street) in Sharon. Leading the discussion, called Dialogue & Dessert, will be Judith Rosenbaum, executive director of the Jewish Women’s Archive.

Diamant’s bestselling novels include The Red Tent, Good Harbor, The Last Days of Dogtown, and Day After Night, and the collection of essays, Pitching My Tent. An award-winning journalist whose work appeared in The Boston Globe Magazine and Parenting, she is also the author of six nonfiction guides to contemporary Jewish life.

The Boston Girl is a coming-of-age story about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century.

The event, sponsored by the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston, includes a dessert reception. Cost is $20. Register at bostonjcc.org/southwomen or contact southwomen@jccgb.org or 617-558-6478.