Written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Event is beloved for its macabre tone, quickly characters, and numerous mysteries. But it's also Jewish.

The author of seven novels, three “not-novels,” and 26 books under his nom de plume Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has added a memoir to his oeuvre. Sort of.

The plot is a series of unfortunate events, with Karoline becoming pregnant by her boss only to be frozen out by his mother and fired from her job. At the same time, her husband, assumed to be ...