Roni Robbins

Gebundenes Buch

Hands of Gold

One Man's Quest To Find The Silver Lining In Misfortune

Beschreibung

Hands of Gold, loosely based on real events, follows Jewish Sam on a journey that takes him from war-torn Europe at the turn of the 20th century, through the Great Depression and labor union reforms in America.

Autor

Hands of Gold capitalizes on award-winning author Roni Robbins' 35 years as a published writer. Currently an editor/writer for Medscape/WebMD after serving as associate editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times/The Times of Israel, she has a seasoned history as a staff reporter for daily and weekly newspapers and as a freelancer for national, regional and online publications. Robbins' freelance articles have appeared in The Huffington Post, Forbes, the New York Daily News, Adweek, WebMD and Healthline. She wrote for the Mother Nature Network; The Forward; FromTheGrapevine; and Hadassah magazine, among others. Robbins was also a staff writer for Florida Today/USA Today, The Birmingham News and the Atlanta Business Chronicle/American City Business Journals. In addition to major CEOs and politicians, she has interviewed such celebrities as Wolf Blitzer, Andy Gibb, Hank Aaron and Usher. In 2009, Hands of Gold was a quarterfinalist for historical fiction in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Robbins also won three Simon Rockower Awards for Jewish journalism from the American Jewish Press Association, including an investigative piece about Jewish seniors who feel "Out of Touch" in nursing homes. Other prestigious news-writing awards come from The State Bar of Georgia, the Alabama Associated Press and the South Carolina Press Association. Hands of Gold is her first novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amsterdam Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9789493231870
• ISBN-10: 9493231879
• Artikelnr.: 63092137