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Now a Netflix original series! Unorthodox is the 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. Yet in spite of her repressive upbringing, Deborah grew into an independent-minded young woman whose stolen moments reading about the empowered literary characters of Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott helped her to imagine an alternative way of life among the skyscrapers of Manhattan. 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, regardless of the obstacles, she would have to forge a path-for herself and her son-to happiness and freedom. Remarkable and fascinating, this sensitive and memorable coming-of-age story (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) is one you won't be able to put down.Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-139781982148201
eBay Product ID (ePID)27046361534
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameUnorthodox: the Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
LanguageEnglish
SubjectZoology
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
AuthorDeborah Feldman
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height213 mm
Item Weight213 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorDeborah Feldman