Her memoir tells story of two families, one Polish town, and decades of survival

In “The Wanderers,” Gerson, who teaches journalism at California State University, Northridge, combines reporting and extensive travel to reconstruct the parallel paths the two families took after their lives were upended in the late 1930s. Deeply personal, the book is among the most compelling family histories I’ve read in recent years.

https://jweekly.com/2026/04/23/her-memoir-tells-story-of-two-families-one-polish-town-and-decades-of-survival/

Jewish News Weekly of Northern California