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mama-star

Fri, May 16 2008, 8:26 am

has anyone seen the book by this title? it's a non-fiction book by a satmar chassidiste, "malka zipora." I just found it in the library, it's a collection of essays written about her family life.

chocolate moose

Fri, May 16 2008, 10:44 am

no but thank ou, I'll look for it.

mama-star

Fri, May 16 2008, 12:27 pm

I don't think you'll find any "chiddushim" in the book, but some of the stories are rather sweet. one thing that was precious was about how her father, a holocaust survivor, traded bread rations for sugar on pesach, and basically lived on the sugar. oy aibeshter, what your children do for you...

cassandra

Fri, May 16 2008, 1:23 pm

The name of the book makes it sound like she had a bad life and wants to laugh about it. Is that the point?

flowerpower

Fri, May 16 2008, 1:27 pm

What kind of essays is she writing?

chocolate moose

Fri, May 16 2008, 1:30 pm

I put it on hold at the library but I;'m not into reading aobut hardships. reading for me is entertainment.

mama-star

Fri, May 16 2008, 3:12 pm

no, it's totally not about hardships at all. it's about her experiences raising a chassidisher family. she just happened to mention her father as a part of her background. it's actually a collection of essays that she wrote that is now in book format.

cassandra

Fri, May 16 2008, 3:37 pm

Right, but why the title? Wouldn't everyone rather laugh than cry? Is there a reason why one would think to choose between those two options? Or is the title just to tell everyone that it's a humor book and not a tear jerker?

mama-star

Sat, May 17 2008, 5:59 pm

I have no idea why she chose the title ... I just checked out the book from the library!

cassandra

Sat, May 17 2008, 6:01 pm

Just thought you might know since you read the book. Usually the title is reflective of the content.

chocolate moose

Sat, May 17 2008, 6:05 pm

how's the cover ?

mama-star

Sat, May 17 2008, 6:09 pm

it's a picture of - I'm assuming - her, sitting on her couch looking out the curtained windows. she's wearing a turban and it's sort of a profile shot.

cassandra

Sat, May 17 2008, 6:13 pm

http://www.amazon.com/Rather-L.....r=1-1

IT was just a weird title, that's all. It makes her sound like she hates her life but is trying to laugh about it since that is the only way she can cope.

mama-star

Sat, May 17 2008, 7:18 pm

you know it's interesting, I clicked on that amazon link and on that book, the name "ziporah" is spelled with an "h" but on the book that I checked out from the library, it's spelled "zipora."

that's kinda weird/funny, nu?

cassandra

Sat, May 17 2008, 7:21 pm

Is the one from the library hardback or paper?

Maybe they misspelled it and then corrected it in a later version.

mama-star

Sat, May 17 2008, 7:33 pm

it's a paperback, but the back cover says it's a pseudonym anyway.

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