Unorthodox
by Deborah Feldman
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41%
Critic Reviews: 14
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Synopsis
âA remarkable taleâ (Kirkus Reviews): in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Aliâs Infidel and Carolyn Jessopâs Escape, Unorthodox is a captivating story about a young woman determined to live her own life at any cost with a new Epilogue from the author. 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 seems to... more
About Deborah Feldman
Published: October 2, 2012 by Simon & Schuster
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality. Non-fiction. 272 pages
- All Critics: 14
- Positive: 6
- Negative: 8
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Unpious | 26 Feb 2012
Unorthodox is not a terrible book, but it is a deeply flawed book.
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Newsday | 16 Feb 2012
"One day I will open my mouth and I will never shut it again."Let's hope she never does.
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Religion News | 30 Mar 2012
Feldman’s story is no doubt interesting. . .yet it sometimes reads at a strange, stilted pace.
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Review (Barnes & Noble) | 15 Feb 2012
Feldman's straightforward writing only occasionally soars, but Unorthodox is consistently engaging.
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School Library Journal | 27 Feb 2012
Compulsively readable, Unorthodox relates a unique coming-of-age story that manages to speak personally to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in her own life.
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Jewish Journal | 10 Feb 2012
She is unlike so many other authors who have left Orthodoxy and written about it; her heart is not hardened by hatred, and her spirit is wounded but intact.
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Huffington Post | 24 Feb 2012
No doubt girls all over Brooklyn are buying this book. . .and contemplating, perhaps for the first time, their own escape.
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The Washington Post | 7 Apr 2012
The lopsided book traverses her childhood in painstaking detail, which is often redundant and overwrought.
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The Jewish Daily Forward | 5 Feb 2012
I wish Feldman had delved more expansively into the elements that infuse the Hasidic community with life and meaning and joy.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 9 May 2012
However, the ultimate, "scandalous" rejection of her heritage is distinctly anti-climactic.
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BigThink.com | 5 Mar 2012
. . .it's possible that some details have been selectively presented to make her life seem more restrictive than was actually the case.
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The Book Lady's Blog | 10 Feb 2012
. . .bold, brave, and inspiring down to the very last word.
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Pacific Jewish Center Rabbi | 20 Feb 2012
The book brought me to tears twice. . .The rest felt a bit detached and unremarkable.
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