{"title":"Melting Point","description":"\u003cp\u003eThen \u0026amp; Now Bookshop is happy to offer copies of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land, for the Author's book signing and meet and greet November 10th.  Pre-Order here, and when it arrives, you can pick up your copy at the Bookshop, or we can bring it to the event for you to pick up before the signing.  Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land","title":"Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fabulous . . . One gets a thrilling sense of history unfolding in real time.\" --Matthew Reisz, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis dazzling, innovative family memoir tells the story of a long-lost plan to create a Jewish state in Texas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn June 7, 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamed, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, Rachel Cockerell's great-grandfather. The journey marks the beginning of the Galveston Movement, a forgotten moment in history when ten thousand Jews fled to Texas in the leadup to World War I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe charismatic leader of the movement is Jochelmann's closest friend, Israel Zangwill, whose novels have made him famous across Europe and America. As Eastern Europe becomes infected by antisemitic violence, Zangwill embarks on a desperate search for a temporary homeland--from Australia to Canada, Angola to Antarctica--before reluctantly settling on Galveston. He fears the Jewish people will be absorbed into the great American melting pot, but there is no other hope. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a highly inventive style, Cockerell captures history as it unfolds, weaving together letters, diaries, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews into a vivid account. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelting Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Zangwill and the Jochelmann family through two world wars, to London, New York, and Jerusalem--as their lives intertwine with some of the most memorable figures of the twentieth century, and each chooses whether to cling to their history or melt into their new surroundings. It is a story that asks what it means to belong, and what can be salvaged from the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date 05\/06\/25 - Hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51920219603254,"sku":"","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/Screenshot2025-10-04at9.12.01AM.png?v=1759587129"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/collections\/melting-point.oembed","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}