Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Threadbare, written by Jane Loeb Rubin, recounts the story of an innocent but tenacious young girl who chooses marriage to Abe, a lonely widower, rather than follow her farming community north as urban development transforms rural Harlem. Convinced Abe will help her attend high school on the Lower East Side, she faces a rude awakening to the filth and disease of the tenements. Through the following decades, Tillie turns her energy and intelligence to partnering with Abe as he builds a thriving button business while she and her neighbor Sadie launch a unique garment company. Pushing back against anti-Semitic Victorian values dominating the time, she acquires wealth only to have her life upended by a devastating, unforeseen challenge.
Threadbare is the prequel to the first book of the trilogy, In the Hands of Women. Jane’s other publications include an essay memoir, Almost a Princess, My Life as a Two-Time Cancer Survivor and multiple magazine articles.
Ms. Rubin, a graduate of the University of Michigan (BS, MS) and Washington University (MBA), retired from a 30-year career as a healthcare executive to begin writing full-time. She lives with her husband, David, an attorney, in Northern New Jersey. Between them, they have five adult children and seven grandchildren.
Pre-paid reservations below by March 19 – $15 or at the door $20.
Please note this is an in-person event only.
Meet the Author is made possible by a generous grant from the B’nai Sholom/Beth El Foundation.