Brooklyn author to release debut novel focusing on Jewish history
Brooklyn BookBeat
“Safekeeping,” by Brooklyn resident Jessamyn Hope, is an expansive debut novel about love, the inevitability of loss and the courage it takes to keep starting over. Set against the backdrop of Jewish history, “Safekeeping” explores human perseverance through the stories of six troubled characters whose lives intersect one summer on a kibbutz in Israel. At its heart stands an object: a mysterious sapphire brooch with a fascinating and perilous backstory spanning three continents and seven centuries.