Free, virtual JBC author talk by Jean Meltzer on "The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah"

A Free, Virtual JBC Author Talk by Popular Jewish Romance Novelist Jean Meltzer: The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah

Hosted by Falmouth Jewish Congregation | On Zoom - watch from home

Monday, December 15 at 7pm

Registration information at https://www.falmouthjewish.org

“Meltzer blends the deep, somber emotions of heartbreak and loss with moments of pure hilarity and adds a dash of holiday-season magic to create an affecting, heartfelt story… A moving, magical holiday romance.” - Kirkus Reviews

"Jean weaves wit and wonder into this steamy, romantic story of resilience and unbreakable bonds. You’ll laugh, cry, and devour this book in one sitting!"
- Dara Levan, author of It Could Be Worse and host of Every Soul Has a Story

Prepare your latkes, light your menorah and set up your Zoom for this fun talk. We’ll enjoy a Hanukkah evening together with Jean Meltzer, who wittily weaves Judaism into her popular romance novels. This one has a Dickens twist and is based on A Christmas Carol. Can two exes rekin­dle their love during the eight days of Hanukkah and bond over working on a production of A Christmas Carol? 

The story: Eve­lyn Schwartz has the per­fect Hanukkah planned: eight jam-packed days pro­duc­ing the live-action tele­vised musi­cal of A Christ­mas Car­ol. Who needs fam­i­ly when you’ve got long hours, impos­si­ble dead­lines, and your dream job? That is, until an acci­dent on set lands her in the med­ical bay with one of her chron­ic migraines, and she’s shocked to find her ex-hus­band fill­ing in for the usu­al stu­dio doc­tor. When Eve­lyn begins hal­lu­ci­nat­ing ​“ghosts” tied to her past heart­breaks, and every sin­gle one leads to David, he finds him­self spend­ing much more time with her than he antic­i­pat­ed. As Eve­lyn revis­its her ghosts of Hanukkah past, she and David both begin to won­der if they can have a Hanukkah future. It might just take a Hanukkah mir­a­cle for these two exes to light the flame on their sec­ond-chance at love.

International bestselling novelist Jean Meltzer spent five years in rab­bini­cal school before her chron­ic ill­ness forced her to with­draw, and her father told her she should write a book — just not a Jew­ish one because no one reads those. The Eight Heart­breaks of Hanukkah is her fifth novel. Read about Jean Meltzer at https://jeanmeltzer.com/