What are You Reading? What are You Writing? ep. 333 with Jane Loeb Rubin

Award-winning mystery and suspense novelist Karen E. Osborne welcomes historical fiction author Jane Loeb Rubin to discuss Mayhem in the Mountains, the fourth novel in her Gilded City series. Set in 1924 in New York’s Catskill Mountains, the novel follows the Isaacson family—Jewish immigrants who have spent decades building a life in America—as Prohibition, bootlegging, and rising prejudice threaten their land, livelihood, and safety.

Karen and Jane explore writing about the same era from different corners of New York: Jane’s Catskills and Karen’s Harlem and Westchester. They discuss immigrant families, the prejudice faced by different communities, the appeal of writing historical fiction rooted in resilience, and the characters who keep readers returning to the Isaacson family’s story.

Watch or listen, enjoy, and share with readers who love historical fiction, immigrant stories, and family sagas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwy9jYdovBg