About my next book

‘Not in Our Hands’ is its title, that seems certain, now. It’s a challenge, as ever to keep at it – but I was inspired first, by learning about a 16th Century bread box called a ‘medea’  and then, through that, by the discovery of details about the Jews of Tuscany and their history. All this, together with my curiosity to know what kind of an adult Jake (the young boy in my first novel) turns out to be. All these elements combine in the novel which is fast-paced, fictional and fun, with factual details. And there’s football – Italian football, at that. It’s a story for anyone and everyone, young and old – readers once were students, a parents or grandparents of students and also students themselves. Let’s say its readership is universal. Oh! I forget to include the love interest – how could I ?