Summary: Rachel Kadish's The Weight of Ink

by Sarah Fields

In 2017, author Rachel Kadish published her book The Weight of Ink. Since then, it has received critical acclaim. It has been hailed as the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. It also became a bestseller in the USA Today list. The Weight of Ink is a jigsaw puzzle of a novel for readers. The setting is London during the 1660s and the early twenty-first century. The lives of two women of remarkable intellect are interwoven in this remarkable tale. The first woman is named Ester Velasquez. She is an immigrant from Amsterdam. She was permitted to serve a blind rabbi as a scribe, just before the terrible plague hits the city. The other woman is Helen Watt. She is an ailing historian who has a passionate love for Jewish history. The Weight of Ink is an ambitious and sophisticated historical fiction novel about women who are separated by time. Both women made their choices and their sacrifices to reconcile their hearts and minds.

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52 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 16, 2019

Reviews

[Eliza · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written

This is hardly a book and is written as though a 5th grader who has yet to learn about tenses, more like a D+ book report. Very disappointing!

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book. It was a random pick and I'm so glad I found it. Beautifully told story about 2 time periods and two women. It was long, but I was happy to have it for as long as it took to read it. Learned a lot about Jewish heritage and culture and about rare manuscripts. highly recommend it.

[Jan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worst book ever. Don’t bother.