Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

by Deborah Feldman

Book Overview

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 . The Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism is as mysterious as it is intriguing to outsiders. In this arresting memoir, Deborah Feldman reveals what life is like trapped within a religious tradition that values silence and suffering over individual freedoms. Deborah grew up under...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439187002
• ISBN13: 9781439187005
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"