Geraldine Brooks

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Few novelists blend contemporary events with history like Geraldine Brooks. Her latest release, People of the Book, combines two plotlines. There’s the present-day story of Hannah Heath, a conservator restoring a famous volume of early Jewish writing, and her many complicated personal relationships. And there’s the historic story of the book’s provenance, the many times it changed hands and the many brave souls who saved it from being destroyed or lost. Brooks reads today at 7:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 5601 South Braeswood. For information, call 713-521-2026 or visit www.jcchouston.org. $5.
Mon., Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., 2009