When the Angels Left the Old Country

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    🕮    When the Angels Left the Old Country is Sacha Lamb's debut novel. It's a young adult historical queer fairy tale about an angel and a demon who immigrate together through Ellis Island to the Lower East Side of New York. From labor unions to dybbuks to a heist, this extremely Jewish tale has everything you need for a thoroughly satisfying adventure. Sacha is a 2018 Lambda Literary Fellow in YA fiction, a graduate in Library and Information Science and History from Simmons, and a reviewer for the Jewish Book Council. They are also a part-time stepparent to a small flock of miniature goats.

LEARN MORE:

• Visit Sacha Lamb's website
• Buy When the Angels Left the Old Country
• Read Sacha's short stories Epistolary and Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live
• Tikkun Olam suggestion: Sundown Towns Database  
  
• Other books mentioned:  
• The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• The Way Back by Gavriel Savit (podcast interview)
• The Inquisitor's Apprentice by Chris Moriarty
• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (podcast interview)
• From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos
• books by Ava Reid and Rena Rossner
• Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack (podcast interview).

CREDITS:

• Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
• Co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries
• Sister podcast: Nice Jewish Books
• Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
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