Short stories by Joan Leegant featured at Congregation Beth Elohim book discussion
Two unprepared teenagers trapped in a small restaurant in the old city of Jerusalem. A skeptical and unlikely grandfather invited to a Hanukkah party by his daughter. These are the kinds of situations in which Joan Leegant’s sometimes disaffected characters find themselves, in her recently published collection of short stories, Displaced Persons. Leegant travelled to Acton on Sunday November 17 to discuss her New American Fiction award-winning book with members of Congregation Beth Elohim and the broader community as part of the annual celebration of Jewish Book month. In this collection of 14 stories, half from Israel and half from…
