WCBI Book Club:
The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 10:30 AM In-Person at CBI

Alice Applebaum will lead the discussion. It is not necessary to have read the book to join the discussion.

This is the long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Golem and the Jinni. Helene Wecker revisits her beloved characters Chava and Ahmad as they confront unexpected new challenges in a rapidly changing human world.

Chava is a golem, a woman made of clay, who can hear the thoughts and longings of those around her and feels compelled by her nature to help them. Ahmad is a jinni, a restless creature of fire, once free to roam the desert but now imprisoned in the shape of a man. Fearing they'll be exposed as monsters, these magical beings hide their true selves and try to pass as human--just two more immigrants in the bustling world of 1900s Manhattan. Brought together under calamitous circumstances, their lives are now entwined--but they're not yet certain of what they mean to each other.

Spanning the tumultuous years from the turn of the twentieth century to the beginning of World War I, The Hidden Palace follows these lives and others as they collide and interleave. Can Chava and Ahmad find their places in the human world while remaining true to each other? Or will their opposing natures and desires eventually tear them apart--especially once they encounter, thrillingly, other beings like themselves?
Toledo has 10 print copies, 3 eBooks & 3 eAudio copies. SearchOhio has 34 print copies & 2 eBooks.

Please RSVP to Ellen Federman at efederman@sbcglobal.net by Sunday, December 11, 2022.

THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE WOMEN OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS