Author Event: “The Third Daughter”
Facilitated by Talia Carner
This event already happened:
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Virtual Event via Zoom
The Third Daughter is a frightening journey into the New World of the late 1800s, of a trusting young woman lured from Russia and forced into prostitution in Argentina. While succeeding in the nascent art of tango, Batya finds courage in the face of danger and hope in hours of despair and bravely struggles to free herself from bondage while bringing down the powerful pimps’ union. The novel breaks the silence on a shameful chapter the legal Jewish sex-trafficking union Zwi Migdal, that operated with impunity for 70 years, from the late 1880s until World War II. Luring an estimated 150,000 young girls from the Eastern European shtetls to South America with false promises of jobs and marriages, it sold them into brothels. Inspired by Shalom Aleichem’s story, “The Man From Buenos Aires,” Talia Carner reinvents the story of one of Tevye’s daughters after the family flees a pogrom and meets the titular mysterious, shady man. The Third Daughter is a tribute to the victims, whose voices the author could not silence, and who propelled her to launch her campaign against today’s sex-trafficking.
Please order “The Third Daughter” at either:
Flashlight Books in Walnut Creek
Click to Order: https://www.flashlightbooks.com/handseller-1
They are accepting appointments for in-store shopping and have curbside pickup hours, Tues-Sat, 10 AM - 4 PM. For pick-up, please order online or contact them at contact@flashlightbooks.com
OR
Rakestraw Books
Click to Order:https://www.rakestrawbooks.com/book/9780062896889
Prepaid orders are available for curbside pickup 11am-3pm, Monday through Saturday. If you’re local, they can also deliver your order as soon as possible.
Sponsored by: Congregation B’nai Shalom, CCJCC and The Jewish Book Council