The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Named a Best Book of Fall by Parade o BuzzFeed o New York Post o
GMA.com o People
Loigman's latest is a gem. A scrappy Jewish teenager newly arrived in
1920s New York struggles to follow her calling as a matchmaker -
seventy years later, her cynical divorce-attorney granddaughter realizes
she has very inconveniently inherited the family gift for matching
soulmates. Both funny and moving, The Matchmaker's Gift made me
smile from start to finish."
- Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code
Is finding true love a calling or a curse?
Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of
matches and a seeker of soulmates. But among the pushcart-crowded streets
of New York's Lower East Side, Sara's vocation is dominated by devout older
men - men who see a talented female matchmaker as a dangerous threat to
their traditions and livelihood. After making matches in secret for more than a
decade, Sara must fight to take her rightful place among her peers, and to
demand the recognition she deserves.
Two generations later, Sara's granddaughter, Abby, is a successful Manhattan
divorce attorney, representing the city's wealthiest clients. When her beloved
Grandma Sara dies (...)

Lynda Cohen Loigman is the author of The Wartime Sisters and The TwoFamily House . She received a B.A. in English and American Literature from
Harvard College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. She grew up in
Longmeadow, MA, and now lives in Chappaqua, NY.

St. Martin's Press
On Sale: Sep 5/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 320 pages
Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout and 1
map
9781250819499 • $25.00 • pb
Fiction / Contemporary Women