Unorthodox
About this book
Traces the author's upbringing in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, describing the strict rules that governed her life, arranged marriage at the age of seventeen, and the birth of her son, which led to her plan to leave and forge her own path in life.
Subjects
- biography
- hasidim
- jewish women
- jews
- jews, united states, biography
- new york (n.y.), biography
- new york (n.y.), social conditions
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:combined_print_nonfiction=2012-03-03
- religion
- religious life
- satmar hasidim
- social conditions