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chocolate moose
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 Fri, Mar 23 2007, 6:01 pm
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I am rather enjoying it - it's a fictional story of sisters and what happens "along the way".
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cindy324
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Sat, Mar 24 2007, 10:32 pm
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I couldn't put that book down. It was sinfully goooood...
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Piper
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Sat, Mar 24 2007, 10:43 pm
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But, tell me peeps; is this a true picture of charedi life? I've read the book a dozen times (not really).
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chocolate moose
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Sat, Mar 24 2007, 11:36 pm
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I think it's just for entertainment, honestly.
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avigayil
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Sat, Mar 24 2007, 11:46 pm
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Her books made me really sad. I read some of them when I was becoming frum and was a little afraid that what she wrote was true of most charedi society. Of course I know it isn't, but there are many non-frum women I know who read these books and think it is a totally legitemate view of charedi life and an insider's view at that.
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Marion
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Sun, Mar 25 2007, 2:48 am
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I loved that book. While I don't think it is an accurate portrayal of all charedi life, I think it shows that things aren't maybe as peachy for everyone in that world as we'd like to believe. I think this is true of most of Ragen's books of that genre (Jephte's Daughter, The Sacrifice of Tamar).
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JRKmommy
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Sun, Mar 25 2007, 3:25 am
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I really liked the book. It was more nuanced and balanced than Jephte's Daughter. I particularly enjoyed the encounter with her Reform Jewish employer/confidant in New York, and seeing how each character's perspective changed as a result.
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BrachaVHatzlocha
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Sun, Mar 25 2007, 8:11 am
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someone recently gave me this book. would you consider it "kosher?" (of course, everything read with a grain of salt, though)
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chocolate moose
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Tue, Mar 27 2007, 2:48 pm
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mimsy7420
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Tue, Mar 27 2007, 2:51 pm
| BrachaVHatzlocha wrote: | | someone recently gave me this book. would you consider it "kosher?" (of course, everything read with a grain of salt, though) |
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chocolate moose
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Wed, Mar 28 2007, 3:53 pm
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It's worse than some things....and better than others!
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amother
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Thu, Mar 29 2007, 2:00 pm
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My husband was upset when he saw me reading that book. He says in Yeshiva they made a whole demonstration when she came to town and he doesnt want her books in his house!!
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BrachaVHatzlocha
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Thu, Mar 29 2007, 2:25 pm
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I read Jephth's Daughter...is it worse than that one?
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elkayed
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Mon, Dec 12 2011, 4:22 pm
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I just read The Sacrifice of Tamar over shabbos and loved it!
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