Sotah
A Novel
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4.5 • 22 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Beautiful, fragile Dina Reich, a young woman in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox haredi enclave, stands accused of the community's most unforgivable sin: adultery. Raised with her sisters to be an obedient daughter and a dutiful wife, Dina secretly yearned for the knowledge, romance, and excitement that she knew her circumscribed life would never satisfy. When her first romance is tragically thwarted, she willingly enters into an arranged marriage with a loving but painfully quiet man. Dina's deeply repressed passions become impossible to ignore, finding a dangerous outlet in a sudden and intense obsession with a married man, with terrible consequences. Exiled to New York City, Dina meets Joan, a modern secular woman who challenges all she knows of the world and herself.
Set against the exotic backdrop of Jerusalem's glistening white stones and ancient rituals, Sotah is a contemporary story of the struggle to reconcile tradition with freedom, and faith with love.
Customer Reviews
Excellent read!
Good Sunday read!
Wow
I wish I could read this book again and again that each time it would be like a new book. Such an interesting, emotional and well written book
Excellent
I just loved this book. The characters were alive for me allowing me to visit their world and experiencing what it must feel to be in a position where one has very few choices.
No matter what law or religion, we all have a right to love and to be loved.