I would've given this book a four... I really enjoyed it all the way through until the end, which just left everything unresolved and hanging! :( If only the end had had more closure! But, I guess that makes it more like real life. I'm just not a real life kinda girl when it comes to my fiction, I like endings that resolve the issues that are going on. Small town, Memphis, with a close knit Orthodox Jewish community where everybody knows everyone else's business. A new girl moves to town and shakes everything up. The youth struggle with the restrictions placed on them and rebel, and the newcomer is blamed -- because someone has to take the fall and the overly strict Jewish parents can't believe that it could be their fault that their kids are falling away from the faith. I loved the Hebrew words, the Jewish customs, and the beautiful and meaningful insights into personal spirituality. The writing is wonderful, the characters surprisingly easy to keep straight. I certainly enjoyed the book. It wasn't anything amazing, though, and it was a bit sad, so that makes it hard to feel that I REALLY liked it. I did like it and I am glad to have read it. It will make for an excellent book club discussion next month!!
What do You think about The Ladies Auxiliary (2000)?
Very enjoyable version of Jewish life in the south! Sometimes change is a good thing ...
—home_with_2
Good book and interesting to learn about new cultures, but so slow!
—Soccerkid15
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—SomeBook
