Bring The Embers to your book club.
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The Embers explores the dissonance and fear ignited by the rapid development and adoption of Artificial Intelligence.
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Hannah, the contemporary character of The Embers, loses her home in a wildfire, and struggles with how to prepare her children for their changing world.
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Motherhood is a theme in both the contemporary and historical storylines of The Embers. Both mothers are overwhelmed by their domestic lives, and how to prepare their kids for an unstable world.
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The Embers challenges the idea that artificial intelligence will become all knowing, by asserting that their are secrets, stories, histories, that live inside of us, as given to us by our ancestors, that cannot be detected by technology.
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Porja, the historical character of The Embers is a Yiddishist and member of the Jewish Labor Bund. She was passionate about the preservation and proliferation of her mamaloshen, Yiddish, and the culture surrounding it.
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The Embers is a story of Jewish women who support the autonomy and liberation of the Palestinian people, and recognize how Jewish safety and Palestinian safety are eternally intertwined.
You can order The Embers at your local book store, as it is available through Ingram Sparks.