FROM AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST MARY MORRIS COMES THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A REMOTE NEW MEXICAN TOWN COMING TO GRIPS WITH A DARK HISTORY IT NEVER IMAGINED.

A beautiful novel of shared history, Gateway to the Moon is a moving and memorable portrait of a family and its journey through the centuries. Interwoven throughout the present-day narrative are the powerful stories of the ancestors of a small New Mexican town residents, portraying both the torture, pursuit and horrors of the Inquisition and the resilience of the Jewish people.

MARY MORRIS is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the novels The Jazz Palace, A Mother's Love, and House Arrest, and of nonfiction, including the travel memoir classic Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize in literature and the 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction. Morris lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Author Mary Morris will be joining us on Sunday, November 17 at 11:00 am as the guest speaker for the Center for Jewish Education’s signature event “On the Same Page: Chapter I.”  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

What is “On the Same Page?” It is a community read initiative for Charlotte’s Jewish community. The big idea is that everyone in the community will share the experience of reading and discussing the same Jewish book. The culmination of the Community Read is an event featuring the author of the selected book. There are two programs each year – “On the Same Page: Chapter I” in the Fall, and “On the Same Page: Chapter II” in the Spring.

CLICK HERE for Gateway to the Moon readers guide