Simi Monheit to Read & Discuss The Goldie Standard at Palo Alto City Library
“Much like her main character, Goldie, Monheit’s magic lies in her ability to touch the tenderest of heart strings while tickling all the funny bones. Another bit of magic? No one can live up to The Goldie Standard, and then, somehow, everyone does.”
—R. Cathey Daniels, Author of Live Caught
Catch Simi Monheit, author of The Goldie Standard at the Palo Alto City Library to read from and discuss her novel! The event will be held at Rinconada Library on September 29th, from 3:00pm-4:00pm
EVENT LOCATION:
1213 Newell Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Find more event information, and registration for this reading to receive a reminder email for the event here: https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/events/6696e97d3849bf4100c23299
Copies of The Goldie Standard can be purchased here.
About The Goldie Standard:
Goldie Mandell is opinionated, assertive, and stuck in an Assisted Living Facility. But even surrounded by schleppers with walkers, pictures of sunrises, fancy fish tanks, and an array of daily activities to complement the tepid tea and stale cookies on offer, her salt-free plate is full. She’s got a granddaughter to settle, an eager love interest named Harry to subdue, and precious memories of her happy marriage to fellow Holocaust survivor Mordy to draw upon.
Maxie Jacobson is young, brilliant, and newly single, not by choice. But she’s got her science career, a grandmother to care for, and her whole life ahead of her. When Maxie takes on the role of her grandmother’s medical advocate, she has no idea Goldie operates with the single purpose of securing Maxie with Dr. Right. Instead, Maxie is distracted by her grandmother’s unexpectedly charming long-haired, sandal-wearing, peculiarly-named driver, T-Jam Bin Naumann, definitely wrong in every way.
About Simi Monheit:
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Simi Monheit calls Northern California home. Simi is a graduate of Stanford’s Online Novel Writing Certificate program, has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and an undergraduate degree in English. She started writing after a career in technology. Her work has appeared in JewishFiction.net, The Forward, Moment, Chautauqua, HerStry, Pacifica Literary Review and Lilith Magazine. Simi most recently was a Pushcart Prize nominee (2020), placed in the 2O20 Writer’s Digest literary fiction short story contest, and even won the 2022 Pacifica Literary Review bodice ripper contest.
