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The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights is featuring The Bones of the World for its first Hope and Humanity Book Club. Betsy L. Ross’ powerful novel intricately weaves together the lives of disparate characters, exploring themes of resilience, justice, and the universal struggle for human rights across time and geography. The book club meets Tuesday, August 27 noon to 1 and 6:30-7:30 p.m. The author will be present for the evening discussion of her novel.
New Review on Slug Magazine, January 12, 2024, by Peter Eckhardt.
“Ross’ tale is a deeply affecting balm worthy of countering the malaise of the 2020s.” You can read it in its entirety here.
Thank you to the Jewish Book Council for including The Bones of the World in its newsletter for the week of October 16, 2023.
New review on Goodreads August 2023:
Reading this in a time of such heightened suffering, at least in my own little orbit, struck me as particularly profound. What is the point of suffering in the world? Finding some light through carrying on the stories of those lost or taken gives a hopeful bent to a book with such weight.
New calendar addition: Salt Lake City JCC, Thursday, June 29 7-8:30 pm. I look forward to discussing The Bones of the World in light of antisemitism today, in the past, and into the future. Come join in the discussion!
Thanks to Independent Book Review for the STARRED review of The Bones of the World!
Grateful to Jeanne Huff for this article in the April 2 Idaho Press, Boise author tackles antisemitism in debut novel, The Bones of the World. Check it out!
Here’s a photo from the article. Ms. Huff asked me what books were currently on my nightstand. I sent her this picture.
Join me if you can at Rediscovered Books Thursday, April 13, 4-5:30 for a book signing at the downtown store, 180 N. 8th St. Boise, Idaho. Check out their website for more! AND I’m excited to note they’ve chosen The Bones of the World as a STAFF PICK!
If you missed this reading/Q&A session, you can catch it on Atmosphere Press’s YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfpZbG5Eq7Y&feature=youtu.be
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I had a great time responding to the questions posed by Feathered Quill’s reviewer Diane Lunsford. Here’s a snippet from the interview.
FQ: Moving into The Bones of the World…I enjoyed the mechanics of how you laid out the story in that you continue to anchor the accounts of many of the adult characters through the eyes of the children’s stories. Without too much of a spoiler, what was your motivation in structuring the novel this way?
ROSS: Ultimately, the children’s stories are the core of the novel. All of the action occurs in preparation for those stories to be told. That structure highlights the (damnable) cyclical nature of the events, but also allows the spotlight to be shared with the idea of stories and their purpose.
You can read the entire interview here. https://featheredquill.com/author-interview-betsy-ross/