Not From Here (Lax Leah)(Paperback)

Kirkus Starred Review * BlueInk Starred Review * Midwest Book Review Book of the Month * Houston Chronicle Sunday Feature"In a time of polarization about immigration, Not From Here affords a much-needed deep breath." Kirkus"Top recommendation to libraries and readers for its ability to shake the very foundations of modern belief." Midwest Book Review"Amid so much tumult in their lives, Lax repeatedly found not just resilience, but optimism." Houston Chronicle"Her depth of feeling for the topic is extremely powerful." BlueInk"In between seven amazing stories, the author discovers the story of her own family. The immigrant experience, she says, is the story of America." Jewish Book Council"An epic inquiry." - BooklistWhen Leah Lax was asked to write an opera to celebrate local immigrants, she began by spending a year listening to accounts of upheaval, migration, and arrival told her in confidence by people from around the globe. She felt she had discovered America, found its great beating heart.In interludes between the astounding and powerful stories in Not From Here, Leah uncovers the lost history of her Jewish family and finds a larger context for her own story. "In a way," she writes, "we Americans are all immigrants."Leah has had a dual career as an author and librettist. Her previous book Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home was the first gay memoir ever to come out of the Jewish ultraOrthodox world, now a modern opera by composer Lori Laitman."Leah La
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