thursday/4
“Tribute.” Anne Germanacos discusses her novel about a woman tending to her dying mother and the changes in their relationship. At Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 7 p.m. Free. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org (See story, 23)
saturday/6
Story time with Caryn Yacowitz. The children’s author presents her new holiday book “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel.” At Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 11 a.m. Free. www.keplers.com. Also Dec. 7 at the Reading Bug, 785 Laurel St., San Carlos. 11 a.m. Free. www.thereadingbug.com, and at the Linden Tree, 265 State St., Los Altos. 2 p.m. Free. www.lindentreebooks.com
thursday/11
“Among the Enemy.” Author Sam Genirberg reads from his memoir about surviving the Holocaust while hiding in plain sight. Part of Holocaust Survivor Reading Series. At Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley. 12 p.m. Free. www.magnes.org