{"product_id":"radiant-as-the-stars-a-novel-by-elaine-elinson","title":"Radiant as the Stars: A Novel by Elaine Elinson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn April 1911, Jews escaping pogroms are fleeing to America, but 20-year-old Anna Reader, full of fierce conviction, is headed in the opposite direction—back to the Ukrainian shtetl from which her family fled six years earlier. She has decided to join her radical cousin Chava in the Jewish Labor Bund on the eve of the Russian Revolution, leaving behind her work in a Chicago sweatshop and the lover who jilted her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer warm reunion with her cousin is tainted by political intrigue. Anna is not fully trusted by the Jewish radicals she grew up with in Ukraine. She is given minor tasks, while Chava’s assignments become more dangerous. The threat of betrayal is constantly lurking. When Chava is arrested and imprisoned, Anna’s efforts to rescue her cousin further alienate her from her Bund comrades. When she is threatened with arrest by the Tsarists, Anna is undone, fighting for survival in a strife-torn land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElaine Elinson is coauthor of the award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWherever There’s a Fight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDevelopment Debacle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was banned by the Marcos dictatorship. Named a San Francisco Public Library Laureate, her work has been published widely, including in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Kirkus, San Francisco Chronicle, Ms. and the Jewish Book Council. Elinson served two decades as the communications director of the ACLU of Northern California and editor of the ACLU News. She speaks Russian and sings in Yiddish. She lives in San Francisco and this is her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRadiant as the Stars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRadiant as the Stars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a deeply moving story of love and political awakening. With lyrical prose, richly drawn historical detail, and a compelling voice, Elaine Elinson brings to life the tensions between love and revolution, art and survival, and the enduring search for justice and belonging.”\u003cbr\u003e—Michelle Alexander, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A book to gobble up and regret when it ends.”\u003cbr\u003e—Anne Whiteside, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Moon in Splinters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRadiant as the Stars: A Novel by Elaine Elinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chapter \u0026 Hearth Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47979771232393,"sku":"9798897409242","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/7519\/6809\/files\/8172YuAv6LL._SL1500.jpg?v=1787260231","url":"https:\/\/chapterhearth.com\/products\/radiant-as-the-stars-a-novel-by-elaine-elinson","provider":"Chapter \u0026 Hearth Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}