"Yeah, right, I forgot about that," Larissa interjected, hoping to head off yet another one of June's newspapery blah, blah, blahs with a quick toss to the safe world of their children's preschool. "June, will you be on the coloring committee at Tot Shabbat this winter?"
June was amused by how Larissa and Willie, who were not Jewish, had thrown themselves into the world of Temple Beth Israel, joining the synagogue in order to get their daughter, Chloe, a spot at the coveted preschool. They had no intention of converting, but they had learned to pray phonetically so as to participate in the random bread blessing and Passover seder, even as they continued to attend the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills every Sunday. "Um, I'm a little busy this semester," June said.
Source in the new novel
BEVERLY HILLS ADJACENT by Jennifer Steinhauer and Jessica Hendra
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