{"product_id":"once-there-was-a-town-the-memory-books-of-a-lost-jewish-world-9781250284334","title":"Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful exploration of the books created by Jewish Holocaust survivors to honor their lost world\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the close of World War II, six million Jews had been erased from the face of the earth. Those who eluded death had lost their homes, families, and entire way of life. Their response was quintessentially Jewish. From a people with a long-history of self-narration, survivors gathered in groups and wrote books, yizkor books, remembering all that had been destroyed. Jane Ziegelman's \u003ci\u003eOnce There Was a Town\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a journey through this largely uncharted body of writing and the vanished world it depicts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eOnce There Was a Town\u003c\/i\u003e resounds with the voices of rich and poor, shopkeepers and tradespeople, scholars and peddlers, Zionists and Communists, men and women telling stories of the towns that were their homes. Stops are made in the bustling market squares where Jewish merchants catered to local farmers; study houses where men recited Torah; kitchens where homemakers baked 20-pound loaves of bread; cemeteries where mourners conversed with departed loved ones and wooded groves where young couples met for the occasional moonlit tryst. Of the many towns on Ziegelman's itinerary, she always circles back to Luboml, her family's ancestral shtetl and the point of departure for her own journey of discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn conversation with classics by IB Singer and Roman Vishniac, \u003ci\u003eOnce There Was a Town \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark of rediscovery, and a love song to a vanished world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Ziegelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.72w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250284334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Ziegelman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the classic \u003ci\u003e97 Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of the James Beard Award winning \u003ci\u003eA Square Meal\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jane Ziegelman \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47598599176349,"sku":"9781250284334","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_574a607b-215f-4d9a-ada9-f2196741e5f2.jpg?v=1769516587","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/once-there-was-a-town-the-memory-books-of-a-lost-jewish-world-9781250284334","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}