Heritage Florida Jewish News - Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice

A brunch and book discussion with author Kristin Harmel will take place at Temple Israel on Sunday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. in the Roth Social Hall. This event is sponsored by the Sisterhood of Temple Israel, and members of the entire community are cordially invited to attend.

Kristin Harmel is an international bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into numerous languages and sold all over the world. “The Sweetness of Forgetting” was a bestseller in many countries and won the reader’s choice prize for Romantic Novel of the Year in Germany in 2013. Her new novel, “The Life Intended,” published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, will be out in January 2015.

Harmel graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. After spending many years as a freelance writer, with a steady reporting gig for People magazine for more than a decade, she now occasionally freelances and remains focused on book tours, book club visits, and writing her next novels.

Admission is $10 per person. Please RSVP to Shirley Gold, spgold29@aol.com or 407-772-2899. Temple Israel is located at 50 S. Moss Road in Winter Springs 32708.