THE MARRIAGE BOX: Cori Adjmi joins Meryl Ain for a wide ranging discussion sparked by her new novel

Meryl talks with Corie Adjmi about her new novel, The Marriage Box, the story of Casey Cohen, a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s. When Casey gets into trouble, her parents decide to return to their roots, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. Meryl chats with Corie about how and why it took her 20 years to write this book and how that community has changed over the past 50 years. Corie is an award-winning, best-selling author. Her first book was a collection of short stories titled, LIFE AND OTHER SHORTCOMINGS, and her most recent publication is a novel titled, THE MARRIAGE BOX. Corie writes both fiction and non-fiction about marriage, family, community, Jewish life, patriarchy, and culture. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, Newsweek, North American Review, Indiana Review, Motherwell, Kveller, and others. When she is not writing, Corie does volunteer work, cooks, bikes and hikes. She and her husband have five children and a number of grandchildren, with more on the way. She lives and works in New York City. Author’s website: corieadjmi.com Instagram: @CorieAdjmi Copyright by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #AuthorsOnTheAir #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork #AOTA #CorieAdjmi #Fiction #Novel #TheMarriageBox #SyrianJewishCommunity #OrthodoxSyrianJewishCommunity #BrooklynOrthodoxSyrianJewishCommunity #ComingofAge #ClashofCultures #NewOrleans #SyrianJews #SyrianAmericanJews #LifeAndOtherShortcomings #ShortStories #PeopleoftheBook #MerylAin #ShadowsWeCarry #TheTakeawayMen #LetsTalkJewishBooks #JewsLoveToRead #PeopleOfTheBookPodcastWithMerylAin