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Half/Life by Laurel Snyder
Written by authors born into the so-called dilemma of intermarriage, the stories in Half/Life explore the experience of being raised in a half-Jewish home. Though each essay is distinct, and the experiences are vastly different, each describes growing up without a streamlined identity, unsure of community or religious direction. From Jenny Traig, whose experiences led her to extreme devotion in the form of religious-obsessive compulsion (scrupulosity) to Thisbe Nissen, who finally felt Jewish after discovering a rosary in her boyfriend's sock drawer, these authors examine the complicated relationships they felt with the Jewish community and the world at large. By turns tragic and funny, religious and heartbreaking, angry and surprisingly familiar, Half/Life represents the altogether diverse memories and reflections of a handful of men and women who have spent a lifetime grappling with how to define themselves, or not. Resulting from that struggle is a complex exploration, and some truly brilliant prose.
Laurel Snyder is the author of several picture books for young children, among them Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova, which was named an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and received a Parents' Choice Award Silver Honor; Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book; and The Longest Night, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. She also wrote the novels Bigger Than a Breadbox; Penny Dreadful, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book; Any Which Wall; and Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains. Visit her at LaurelSnyder.com, or on Twitter @LaurelSnyder. Samantha Cotterill grew up in England, France, and Iran, and currently lives with her family in upstate New York. She is the illustrator of No More Bows and Charlotte and the Rock by Stephen W. Martin. She is also a textile designer and blogs under the name MummySam. Learn more at MummySam.com, or follow her on Twitter @mummysamart.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781933368245 |
| ISBN 10 | 1933368241 |
| Title | Half/Life |
| Author | Laurel Snyder |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Soft Skull Press |
| Year published | 2006-03-23 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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