false<![CDATA[Gravity ]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1216419186m/3468538.jpg34685381Ellie Gold is an orthodox Jewish teenager living in Toronto in the late eighties. Ellie has no doubts about her strict religious upbringing until she falls in love with another girl at her grandmother's cottage. Aware that homosexuality clashes with Jewish observance, Ellie feels forced to either alter her sexuality or leave her community. Meanwhile, Ellie's mother, Chana, becomes convinced she has a messianic role to play, and her sister, Neshama, chafes against the restrictions of her faith. Ellie is afraid there is no way to be both gay and Jewish, but her mother and sister offer alternative concepts of God that help Ellie find a place for herself as a queer Jew.35098411102008Gravity total:32|5:5|4:9|3:9|2:7|1:2|32104881450falsefalseSat Jan 31 10:09:05 -0800 2009Sat Jan 31 10:12:01 -0800 2009 This book by Canadian first-time author Leanne Lieberman centers on the coming-of-age of Ellie Gold.
The story begins during the summer vacation: Ellie goes to her grandmother's cottage in the midst of immaculate natural beauty,...more...]]>
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I was disappointed in this book as a Jew and as a lesbian. At times, I really questioned the author's specific understanding of both identities. Although there was a little bit of creativity here and it seems to cover new territory, the book seemed oddly didactic (all the Hebrew and Yiddish ...more...]]>
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Here's a tip, people - want to write about a culture so clearly not your own? Do more than look it up on wik...more...]]>
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This is a story of a 15 year old teen, Ellie, in an observant Orthodox Jewish family (not Hasidic), who comes to realize she is gay. Of course Orthodox Judaism condemns homosexuality, a...more...]]>
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