METRO - CT - Westport Chapter - Winter Book Club - 2025

Hadassah Westport Chapter
Winter Book Club
Tuesday, January 21 · 6:45 pm (NEW DATE)
in Weston, CT (Address provided upon registration)

We will be reading and discussing The Trade Off by Samantha Greene Woodruff. Author to appear in person for discussion and Q&A.

A brilliant and ambitious young woman strives to find her place amid the promise and tumult of 1920s Wall Street in a captivating historical novel by the author of The Lobotomist’s Wife. Bea Abramovitz has a gift for math and numbers. With her father, she studies the burgeoning Wall Street market’s stocks and patterns in the financial pages. After college she’s determined to parlay her talent for the prediction game into personal and professional success. But in the 1920s, in a Lower East Side tenement, opportunities for women don’t just come knocking. Bea will have to create them. It’s easier for her golden-boy twin brother, Jake, who longs to reclaim all their parents lost after fleeing the pogroms in Russia to come to America. Well intentioned but undisciplined, Jake has a charm that can carry him only so far on Wall Street. So Bea devises a plan. They’ll be a secret team, and she’ll be the brains behind the broker. As Jake’s reputation, his heedless ego, and the family fortune soar, Bea foresees catastrophe: an impending crash that could destroy everything if she doesn’t finally take control. Inspired by the true story of a pioneering investment legend, The Trade Off is a powerful novel about identity, sacrifice, family loyalties, and the complex morality of money.

There is no charge to attend but donations are appreciated.
Everyone must RSVP by 1/19 - No Walk-ins

According to Hadassah policy, advance registration and a signed participant release are required for all events.

If you have any questions or you need help registering, please contact: connecticut@Hadassah.org OR (973) 241-1500