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Perhaps because I first saw the Netflix show, I wanted to jump straight to the courtship and marriage sections. Instead, this starts in childhood, which I was impatient with and largely skimmed. The memoir really takes off in Chapter 7 when she meets her future husband. From there on, I couldn't put it down. Feldman's writing is raw and beautiful and honest without being too much or sentimental. I'm planning to read her second book too.
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Fascinating account that gives insight into the Jewish Hasidic world. What a strange & twisted & sad world overall it is; so much legalism & law & lifelessness wrapped up in lives that have missed The Messiah, the Jew from Galilee who came 2,000+ years ago in the historical person of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Yeshua--"the One who Saves"). Very well-written & engaging account of one who slowly extracted herself from this ancient world stuck in the middle of modern New York City.
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