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Giveaway | Return to Nim's Island Blu-ray Combo Pack.Notable New Book Releases | March 10 - March 16.Giveaway | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-r.Currently Reading and My Return to Work.Book Review | Dreams and Shadows by C.Waiting on Wednesday | Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman.Notable New Book Releases | March 17 - March 23.Currently Reading | Ordinary Grace by William Kent.Waiting on Wednesday | The Golem and the Jinni by.Marvelous and compulsively readable, The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of folk mythology, historical fiction, and magical fable into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.ĭo you have the Golem and the Jinni on your wishlist? What are you anxiously awaiting this week? Be sure to let me know in the comments or leave me a link! But a powerful menace will soon bring the Golem and the Jinni together again, threatening their existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice. Meeting by chance, the two creatures become unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures, until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. Surrounding them is a community of immigrants: the coffeehouse owner Maryam Faddoul, a pillar of wisdom and support for her Syrian neighbors the solitary ice cream maker Saleh, a damaged man cursed by tragedy the kind and caring Rabbi Meyer and hisīeleaguered nephew, Michael, whose Sheltering House receives newly arrived Jewish men the adventurous young socialite Sophia Winston and the enigmatic Joseph Schall, a dangerous man driven by ferocious ambition and esoteric wisdom. Struggling to make their way in this strange new place, the Golem and the Jinni try to fit in with their neighbors while masking their true natures. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian Desert. When her master dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York Harbor. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange man Helene Wecker's dazzling debut novel tells the story of two supernatural creatures who appear mysteriously in 1899 New York. I am on a roll with fantasy reads right now so I'm really looking forward to reading The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.Įxpected publication: April 23rd 2013 by Harper

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