The Romance Reader: A Novel - Hardcover

Abraham, Pearl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573220159 ISBN 13: 9781573220156

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1995

Synopsis

In one of the most exciting debuts in years, Pearl Abraham--who grew up in a Hasidic community herself--presents the story of Rachel, a girl caught between the strictly controlled world of ultra Orthodox Judaism and the sedictive yearnings of her own heart. Both a coming-of-age story and a brave, beautifully rendered expose of a hidden, insular world . . . heartrending.--Elle.

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Review:

"This story, dealing as it does with guilt and God, is about a journey as brave as Huck Finn's, as difficult as Holden Caulfield's, as stark as any I've read."
--Anne Roiphe, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Wonderful . . . sheds light on two intriguing mysteries: life within an ultra-Orthodox Jewish communiy and the bittersweet passage through female adolescence."
--Hilma Wolitzer, Newsday

"An assured, smoothly written book, narrated in a muted voice that seems to whisper secrets into the reader's ear."
--The New York Times Book Reveiw

"Compelling throughout . . . we don't want to leave Rachel without knowing everything that happens to her for the rest of her life."
--San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author:

Pearl Abraham is the author of the novels The Romance Reader and Giving Up America, and the editor of the Dutch anthology Een Sterke Vrouw: Jewish Heroines in Literature. Her work has appeared in Brooklyn Noir, The Michigan Quarterly, Religion in America, Dog Culture: Writers on the Character of Canines, and Forward.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1573220159
• ISBN 13: 9781573220156
• Binding: Hardcover