Mourning and Celebration: Jewish, Orthodox and Gay, Past & Present Received First Place in The General Fiction Category At The Hollywood Book Festival and Honorable Mention at Three Other Major Book

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Atlanta (Metro And Surrounding Areas), Georgia, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) March 27, 2011 -- Mourning and Celebration: Jewish, Orthodox and Gay, Past & Present Received First Place in The General Fiction Category At The Hollywood Book Festival and Honorable Mention at Three Other Major Book Festivals.

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Have you ever wondered how life would have been, had you been born one hundred years earlier? Mourning and Celebration is how author K. David Brody answers that question.

Yankl lives in a 19th-century Polish shtetl. And he's gay.

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Mourning and Celebration: Jewish, Orthodox and Gay, Past & Present Received First Place in The General Fiction Category At The Hollywood Book Festival and Honorable Mention at Three Other Major Book

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Within the framework of conversations with his alter ego who lives in a 19th-century Polish shtetl, the narrator learns how a gay, Orthodox Jew like himself managed to emerge from the social pressures of his community.

Yankl is a brilliant scholar, a talented violinist, an only son and gay. Although blessed with social skills, he feels isolated as a young teenager. Subsequently, we follow his development through intense relationships with his family, rabbis and lovers. This is a story of a personal search for validation and human rights, in a context where that concept was not yet understood.

Book Information:
Mourning and Celebration: Jewish, Orthodox and Gay, Past & Present
By K. David Brody
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 978-1448682386
Pages: 250

Published: August 2009

About The Author

K. David Brody was born in London, UK. His grandparents immigrated to London from Rypin, Poland early in the 20th century and his parents were practicing Orthodox Jews. He graduated from Edinburgh University, Scotland, subsequently moving to Montreal, Canada, He worked initially at Societe Radio-Canada, the French division of CBC, then moved to Jerusalem for two years in the 1980s. Although that experience was enriching from several points of view, it was there that he first felt truly Canadian. On returning to Montreal, he worked as a freelance translator from French to English. He continues to be an Orthodox Jew and participates actively in the Jewish community. Mourning and Celebration is his first novel.

The author is a gay advocate promoting understanding and acceptance of homosexuality. He has seen the complete evolution of gay liberation to today's same-sex marriage (in Canada) and was part of the struggle. He gives talks to a variety of audiences to further his mission.

Mourning and Celebration, and author K. David Brody, have won the following awards:

2010 Hollywood Book Festival (for novels considered highly adaptable for film and TV) - overall runner-up and 1st place in General Fiction.

2010 Writer's Digest (for self-published books) - Honorable Mention

2010 New England Book Festival - Honorable Mention

2010 Los Angeles Book Festival - Honorable Mention

Author K. David Brody is always happy to speak with the media about the book, and about the surrounding political issues.

For more information, review copies, or interviews please contact the author at:

K. David Brody
Email: david@mourningandcelebration.com
Website: http://www.MourningAndCelebration.com

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