​​​​​​​Educator Helen Joyce discusses her novel based on her own family’s experiences, within the fabric of 20th-century Jewish history.

Based on a true story of love, loss, despair and hope Good for a Single Journey spans four generations, weaving one family’s experiences into the fabric of Jewish 20th-century history.

From her great-grandparents at the end of WWI to her own present as an educator, Helen Joyce draws on reality for this turbulent and mesmerizing saga, described by the Wall Street Journal’s Gregory Zuckerman as ‘an evocative, character-rich, historically accurate snapshot of a period of dramatic upheaval’.

Buy a copy of Good for a Single Journey by Helen Joyce.

This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval. 

About the speakers:

Born in London to refugees from Hitler’s Europe, Helen Joyce studied Psychology at University College, London where she undertook clinical research, Helen taught Psychology at Immanuel College, Bushey retiring as Head of Sixth Form. She now lives in Israel together with her husband Alan. The couple is blessed with three children, children-in-law and a brood of growing grandchildren.