Book Talk with Nicholas Lemann on his Upcoming Release: Returning

An Evening with Nicholas Lemann, discussing his upcoming book, Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries

Join The Spring and our partners at A Capella Books, The Breman, National Council of Jewish Women, and Congregation Shearith Israel at Ahavath Achim Synagogue on March 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM. This event will feature a captivating book talk by Nicholas Lemann, during which you'll discover the insights and stories behind his latest work, Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries.

Don't miss this opportunity to engage with the author and fellow Southern Jewish history enthusiasts! It's going to be an evening filled with intellectual conversations and thought-provoking discussions.

Mark your calendars and come prepared for an inspiring event!

Date: March 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time)

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Excerpt of a review from Politics and Prose:

"Compulsive, shattering, if not fundamentally disruptive, emerges as one of the most important and searingly honest family sagas of our time.

Nicholas Lemann, a veteran New Yorker correspondent, grew up in New Orleans, the son of German Jews in a world of gilded privilege. Yet in contrast to his parents’ generation, which always sought to downplay their religious background, Lemann was intrigued by his roots, thinking he wanted to be like Jack Burden, the ever-curious reporter in Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men.
And like his fictional hero, who gets drawn into a web of Southern political intrigue, Lemann in Returning delves deeply into the family story—from their arrival in the 1830s as peddlers from Germany, to their becoming plantation owners and department store owners after the Civil War, to their emergence as aspirants in the aristocratic world of New Orleans, where they could never quite belong..."

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