As we prepare to mark Remembrance Day, please join us for a poignant conversation with Judy Batalion.
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture, Judy Batalion’s new book, ‘The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos’, was an instant bestseller. This spectacular, searing history brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters.
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If you are interested in purchasing The Light of Days by Judy Battalion, please check out A Different Drummer Books website for book ordering information.
Judy Batalion was born and raised in Montreal, where she grew up speaking English, French, Yiddish and Hebrew, and trying to stay warm. She studied the history of science at Harvard then moved to London to pursue a PhD in art history. All the while, she worked as a curator, researcher, editor, lecturer, comic, MC, script-reader, dramaturge, performer, actor, producer, translator, mmmuffins server, and a temp – at a temp agency. Eventually, Judy transformed these experiences into material, and wrote essays and articles for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Vogue, the Forward, Salon, the Jerusalem Post and many other publications. Her stories about family relationships, the generational transmission of trauma, pathological hoarding and militant minimalism came together in her book White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess in Between (NAL/Penguin, 2016). White Walls was optioned by Warner Brothers for whom Judy is currently developing the TV series “Cluttered.”
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