Join the Chronicle Book Club!

The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle invites you to join the Chronicle Book Club for its May 31 discussion of “Kaplan’s Plot,” by Jason Diamond. The author will join us for the meeting.

From Amazon.com: “Elijah Mendes was hoping for a more triumphant return to Chicago. His mother, Eve, is dying of cancer, his business flamed out, and he has nowhere else to go. So he returns to Chicago feeling listless and shattered, worried about how he’s going to help his mother despite their chilly relationship. He finds some inspiration when he discovers that their family owns a Jewish cemetery and that a man he’s never heard of, his great-uncle Solomon Kaplan, is buried in a plot there. With a new sense of purpose and an excuse to talk more deeply with his mother, Elijah begins pursuing a family mystery of extraordinary proportions.

“Elijah discovers his grandfather Yitz, Eve’s father, was a powerful gangster in the 1920s. She was ashamed and never spoke about him to Elijah. As secrets unravel, the past and present become intertwined, and Yitz’s story forces Elijah and Eve to bond in ways they never have before and begin to accept each other, not as who they wish they were but as they both are.”

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Your hosts

Toby Tabachnick, Chronicle editor
David Rullo, Chronicle senior staff writer

How it works

We will meet on Zoom on Sunday, May 31, at 1 p.m.

What to do

Buy: “Kaplan’s Plot.” It is available from online retailers, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble, in local Barnes & Noble stores and through the Carnegie Library system.

Email: Contact us at drullo@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org, and write “Chronicle Book Club” in the subject line. We will send you a Zoom link for the discussion meeting.

Happy reading! PJC