Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
The instant New York Times bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman's escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and Carolyn Jessop's Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author.As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up under a code of relentlessly enforced customs governing everything from what she could wear and to whom she could speak to what she was allowed to read. It was stolen moments spent with the empowered literary characters of Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott that helped her to imagine an alternative way of life. Trapped as a teenager in a sexually and emotionally dysfunctional marriage to a man she barely knew, the tension between Deborah's desires and her responsibilities as a good Satmar girl grew more explosive until she gave birth at nineteen and realized that, for the sake of herself and her son, she had to escape.
Deborah Feldman was raised in the Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Her first memoir, Unorthodox, was a New York Times bestseller. She is twenty-seven years old and lives in New England with her son, where she is currently working on her next book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439187005 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439187002 |
| Title | Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots |
| Author | Deborah Feldman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2012-02-14 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Commended for Books for a Better Life (First Book) 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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