Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter

This week’s book cov­er of the week is Net­work author Racelle Rosett​’s col­lec­tion Mov­ing Waters. 

Cov­er art is by Will Deutsch (www​.notes​from​thetribe​.com) and the design­er is Char­lotte Strick (http://​design​re​lat​ed​.com/​p​o​r​t​f​o​l​i​o​/​p​i​c​k​u​p​s​trick).

A tele­vi­sion pro­duc­er who moon­lights as a can­tor, an actress who leaves her hus­band for their nan­ny and enters a mik­vah to mark the tran­si­tion, a young wid­ow who gets her hair col­ored to pre­pare for the unveil­ing of her husband’s grave­stone – In her debut col­lec­tion Mov­ing Waters, award win­ning writer Racelle Rosett explores the unex­pect­ed role of ancient rit­u­al as it informs the lives of mem­bers of a Reform Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty in Hollywood. 

Guid­ed by the com­pas­sion­ate lead­er­ship of Rab­bi Beth, mem­bers of the young rabbi’s con­gre­ga­tion dis­cov­er them­selves, their con­nec­tion to each oth­er and to God. Set against the land­scape of con­tem­po­rary Los Ange­les, Rosett’s sto­ries help us to know these char­ac­ters whose loss­es and strug­gles are deeply felt, in each sto­ry reveal­ing the impor­tance of faith in a seem­ing­ly faith­less place.