Indie Reads Aloud with Nora Gold and "Marrow and Other Stories"
- Diana Kathryn
- Jun 3
- 2 min read
Indie Reads Aloud Radio
Episode # 316
Marrow and Other Stories
Miniatures Eight Women the Day They Turned Forty
Written by Nora Gold
LISTENER ADVISORY: Mature Situations
The stories in this book are about women: passionate, intelligent, eccentric women, all of whom in their own way are struggling to find meaning, overcome grief, and become, somehow, more fully alive – whether intellectually, emotionally, or sexually. One of them is obsessed with irrigating a desert, another with a baby she has lost, a third seeks redemption and love through dangerous sex. One woman hasn't left her house in twenty years, another falls in love with her rabbi, while yet another, after a year of mourning, begins returning to the world through singing aloud a prayer. These women are memorable for their individuality, their vividness, and their emotional and psychological depth – as are these stories, all of them beautifully written, poetic, and powerful.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Nora Gold is the prize-winning author of six books. Her first book, MARROW AND OTHER STORIES, won a Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award and was praised by Alice Munro. FIELDS OF EXILE won the inaugural Canadian Jewish Literary Award for best novel and was acclaimed by Ruth Wisse and Irwin Cotler. THE DEAD MAN won a translation grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. 18: JEWISH STORIES TRANSLATED FROM 18 LANGUAGES, an anthology of translated works, was praised by Publishers Weekly, Cynthia Ozick, and Dara Horn. Gold’s fifth book was comprised of two much-acclaimed novellas: IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH/YOM KIPPUR IN A GYM (two novellas). Her latest book, the novella DOUBLES, was published on May 1, 2026.
In addition, Gold is the founder and editor-in-chief of the prestigious literary journal JEWISH FICTION, which has published 650 works of Jewish-themed fiction, never before published in English, that were originally written in 23 languages. WWW.JEWISHFICTION.COM
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