Following the death of her lifelong friend, professor Mimi Zilber sets off on a journey to discover how she came to this lonely place in her life, and why she is running from the opportunity to love. The Bone Weaver is a blend of history and fiction created around three generations of women - beginning with Mimi's great-grandmother Malka - and their struggles to survive pogroms, illness, and the violence of shtetl life in 19th Century Eastern Europe. By taking apart the family tapestry thread by thread, and then studying these women and their daily lives of uncertainty, tragedy, and joy, Mimi learns important lessons about courage and the will to survive. And in her discovery of what makes these women remarkable, she also discovers herself.
I have four anthologies in bookstores now, the newest being HE SAID WHAT? Women Write About Moments When Everything Changed. Earlier books include THE FACE IN THE MIRROR: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age, THE OTHER WOMAN, and FOR KEEPS. My fifth anthology, EXIT LAUGHING: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death, will be released in May 2012. I teach Personal Essay in the UCLA Extension Writer's Program and am proud to be part of the university...my alma mater! I also write documentary film scripts for On the Road Productions, a wonderful documentary film company that focuses on women in science, human rights, and women's history.
Visit me at www.victoriazackheim.com and learn more about my projects. See you there!
