Come join WAMmer Sigal Samuel for a discussion of her new novel, The Mystics of Mile End.Â
Monday, November 16th,
5:30-8:30pm At
Verso Books
20 jay street, brooklyn NY 11201 Suite 1010Â
RSVP:Â https://www.facebook.com/events/1482536262053987
 It's an imaginative story that delves into the heart of Jewish mysticism, faith, and family.
 âThis is not an ordinary tree I am making.Â
 âThis,â he said, âthis is the Tree of Knowledge.âÂ
 In the half-Hasidic, half-hipster Montreal neighborhood of Mile End, eleven-year-old Lev Meyer is discovering that there may be a place for Judaism in his life. As he learns about science in his day school, Lev begins his own extracurricular study of the Bibleâs Tree of Knowledge with neighborÂ
Mr. Katz, who is building his own Tree out of trash. Meanwhile his sister Samara is secretly studying for her Bat Mitzvah with next-door neighbor and Holocaust survivor, Mr. Glassman. All the while his father, David, a professor of Jewish mysticism, is a non-believer.Â
 When, years later, David has a heart attack, he begins to believe God is speaking to him. While having an affair with one of his students, he delves into the complexities of Kabbalah. Months later Samara, too, grows obsessed with the Kabbalahâs Tree of Lifeâhiding her interest from those who love her mostâand is overcome with reaching the Treeâs highest heights.Â
The neighbors of Mile End have been there all along, but only one of them can catch her when she falls.
