The Matzah Ball, Jean Meltzer
The Matzah Ball, Jean Meltzer
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The Matzah Ball

Author: Jean Meltzer

Narrator: Dara Rosenberg

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2021


Synopsis

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"The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read."—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Oy! to the world

Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a bestseller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach.

But when her diversity-conscious publisher insists she write a Hanukkah romance, her well of inspiration suddenly runs dry. Hanukkah’s not magical. It’s not merry. It’s not Christmas. Desperate not to lose her contract, Rachel’s determined to find her muse at the Matzah Ball, a Jewish music celebration on the last night of Hanukkah, even if it means working with her summer camp archenemy—Jacob Greenberg.

Though Rachel and Jacob haven’t seen each other since they were kids, their grudge still glows brighter than a menorah. But as they spend more time together, Rachel finds herself drawn to Hanukkah—and Jacob—in a way she never expected. Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze. 

"A luminous celebration of all types of love, threaded with the message that everyone is worthy of it.”—Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex Talk
 

About Jean Meltzer

Jean Meltzer studied dramatic writing at NYU Tisch and has earned numerous awards for her work in television, including a daytime Emmy. She spent five years in rabbinical school before her chronic illness forced her to withdraw, and her father told her she should write a book—just not a Jewish one because no one reads those. The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah is her fifth novel. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on February 19, 2022

L’chaim my friends! This book is extremely swoon worthy, heartfelt, charming, enchanting and touching! Both of the MCs are huggable, likable, a little obnoxious and self destructive but they are truly golden hearted ones who deserve a HEA! The enemies to lovers: strict entrepreneur vs sunshiny roman......more

Goodreads review by Madison on September 26, 2021

The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer Holiday story romance with a Jewish base line. Second chance troupe. Clean. Though the daughter of a famous Rabbi, Rachel has a secret and successful career writing Christmas romance novels. When her editor demands a Hanukkah romance, Rachel doesn’t know what to do. It......more

I don’t usually navigate toward books of the Rom-Com genre but The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer intrigued me. There are not a lot if any books about Chanukah out there so when I heard about this one I thought I would give it a try. Unfortunately the romance element in The Matzah Ball fell flat for me......more

Goodreads review by WhiskeyintheJar on September 28, 2021

4.3 stars I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. She had taken her secret, shameful love of Christmas and turned it into a successful career. The daughter of a highly influential Rabbi and top fertil......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on December 14, 2021

I am a non-Jewish person who loved all the All-of-a Kind Family books as a kid and still reread them every few years. I LOVED reading about all the traditions and food so different from what I knew, and one of the best things about The Matzah Ballis seeing it put out in the world as a mainstream ro......more