Our January meeting of the CBI Book Club will take place over Zoom on Tuesday, January 7 at 7:30pm (EST) to discuss The Postcard by Anne Berest (2021; translated to English by Tina Kover in 2023).

In this autobiographical novel, an unsigned postcard bearing the names of ancestors murdered in the Holocaust, arrives in January 2003 in the mail, puzzling everyone in the family. Anne, a member of that family and the narrator of this book, engages in a quest to discover who sent the postcard and why? A search for her own Jewish identity, from which she’s been alienated, drives in large part Anne’s quest. A “powerful, meticulously imagined book” that “contains a single grand-scale act of self-discovery and many moments of historical illuminations” is how the New York Times described it.

All are welcome! To ease the challenge of reading this novel, a family tree can be found here for attendees to reference as they read and discuss The Postcard with us. This book is available to purchase online in multiple formats. Those who plan on joining us should RSVP via our website; Zoom information will be sent to all who RSVP once the date gets closer. If you have any questions, please email Natalie Matus at [email protected].