<div><p>Feminist icon Letty Cottin Pogrebin's second novel follows Zach Levy, the left-leaning son of Holocaust survivors who promises his mother that he'll marry within the tribe. But when Zach falls for Cleo, an African American activist grappling with her own inherited trauma, he must reconcile the family he loves with the woman who might be his soul mate. A New York love story complicated by the legacies and modern tension of Jewish American and African American history, <I>SJM Seeking</I> explores what happens when the heart runs into the reality of politics, history, and the weight of family promises.</p><p><B>Letty Cottin Pogrebin</B> is a leading figure in Jewish and feminist activism. She is a founding editor and writer for <I>Ms.</I> magazine, and the author of eleven books, including the memoir <I>Getting Over Getting Older</I> (1996), the novel <I>Three Daughters</I> (2003), and the groundbreaking <I>How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick</I> (2013). She is also the editor for the anthology <I>Stories for Free Children</I> (1982), and a co-creator of <I>Free to Be . . . You and Me</I> and <I>Free to Be . . . A Family</I>. Her articles, op-eds, and columns have been published frequently in a wide variety of magazines and publications, including the <I>New York Times</I>, <I>Harper's Bazaar</I>, and the <I>Ladies Home Journal</I>.</p></div>