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008			230305s2012 xx 000 0 und d
020			_a9781439187012
043			_aen_UK
041			_aeng
245		0	_aUnorthodox
260			_a _bSimon & Schuster, _c2012
300			_a254 pages ; 22 cm
500			_athe scandalous rejection of my Hasidic roots
520			_aAs 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. ;
630			_aP-EN _97841
650			_aJews _911236
650			_aBiography _913823
650			_aHasidim _914370
650			_aNew York (State) _914371
650		0	_aSocial conditions _97084
650			_aReligion _911347
700			_aFeldman, Deborah _eAutor _914372
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905			_am
912			_a2012-01-01
942			_a1
953			_d2022-11-23 16:09:26
999			_c3341 _d3341
655			_aNovels
653			_aREADING IN ENGLISH