Posts tagged The Light of Days
Book Review: A Women’s Guide to Guts

Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News
September 30, 2026

In…“The Girl’s Guide to Guts”…, NBC correspondent Chloe Melas and New York Times bestselling author Judy Batalion aspire to more than just answer those embarrassing questions and share their experiences with other women with GI disorders. The authors convey the sense they are in the room, ready to hold your hand and answer your most personal questions.

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Breaking The Gut Health Taboo

The Purist
September 26, 2026

Journalist Chloe Melas talks about her new book, The Girl’s Guide to Guts, co-written with Judy Batalion, and why she decided to put a face on ulcerative colitis, a disease millions of women live with—and rarely talk about.

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The Last Woman of Warsaw by Judy Batalion

History, Books & Wine Podcast
August 25, 2026

I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Judy Batalion. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Last Woman of Warsaw, following two very different Jewish women in Warsaw in the late 1930s as they unexpectedly come together in their search for love, meaning, and a sense of home, and as they grapple with the storm clouds gathering around them.

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Q&A With Judy Batalion, Author of ‘The Last Woman Of Warsaw’

TC Jewfolk
July 29, 2026

Judy Batalion, who is also the author of White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood And The Mess In Between, is a winner of a National Jewish Book Award and a Canadian Jewish Literary Award for The Light Of Days. The Last Woman Of Warsaw is set in 1938, a period of increasing danger for the Jewish population (and others), but also one of thriving music, fashion and creativity.

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New Voices: Judy Batalion, Moorea Corrigan, Jiyoung Han & Laura Vogt

Historical Novel Society
July 1, 2026

[Judy] Batalion points out: “People generally think of pre-war Polish Jewry as a religious and traditional community; Warsaw, Poland’s capital, evokes images of black-and-white destruction. In 1938, however, Warsaw hosted theatres, cabaret, nightclubs with revolving dancefloors, and fashion shows – it was ‘the Paris of the North.’ One-third of the population was Jewish, and shared in a golden age of poetry, film, comedy, and literature.”

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TODAY SHOW: The Girl's Guide to Guts

TODAY SHOW
May 12, 2026

"I hope that this book helps millions of girls love their guts and know that they are not alone." Chloe Melas shares her new book written with Judy Batalion, "The Girl's Guide to Guts," about her journey with ulcerative colitis.

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Review: The Last Woman of Warsaw

Historical Novel Society
May 1, 2026

“The characters feel real. Their aspirations, fears, and confusion are believable and understandable. This is an excellent reminder that not all Holocaust survivors were victims. Highly recommended.”

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In the Spotlight: Judy Batalion

In The Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin
April 14, 2026

New York Times bestselling author Judy Batalion discusses her debut novel The Last Woman of Warsaw, following two Jewish women in 1930s Warsaw as they search for love, meaning and home amid the growing threat around them.

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Côte Saint-Luc born author pens debut novel

The Suburban
April 14, 2026

“Have you heard about the attacks on Jewish students?” Not at McGill, Concordia, or Columbia Universities, but in 1938 Poland, the setting of Judy Batalion’s debut novel, The Last Woman of Warsaw. The line is spoken by a character after a police raid on a café where a Jewish comedy duo had been performing, in a novel rich in history but tense with foreboding on almost every page.

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