Piece Written by Wedgwood View Reader, Peggy Sturdivant
A mother lode of Jewish history, “so juicy that the setting became a character in its own right.”
At 6 p.m. Wednesday, August 13th the NE Branch Library, along with Secret Garden Books, presents Janice Steinberg from San Diego author of prize-winning novel The Tin Horse. Steinberg is a longtime dance critic, former public radio reporter, mystery writer and Nia dance enthusiast whose first character-driven novel, The Tin Horse was published by Random House last year.
Of the setting in the pre-World War II Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles Steinberg says, “when I started to do research for The Tin Horse, I wanted to write a novel