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Mirvis, Tova.
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Mirvis, Tova.
Mirvis, Tova.
Jewish women -- United States -- Biography.
Orthodox Judaism -- Biography.
Secularism -- Biography.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Biography.
Individuality -- Biography.
Women novelists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Women authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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The book of separation : a memoir /
Tova
Mirvis
.
by
Mirvis
,
Tova
.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Call #:
921 M676b
Subjects
Mirvis
,
Tova
.
Jewish women -- United States -- Biography.
Orthodox Judaism -- Biography.
Secularism -- Biography.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Biography.
Individuality -- Biography.
Women novelists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Women authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780544520523 (hc.)
Description:
302 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
The author describes how she left both Orthodox Judaism and her marriage and followed her inner compass to forge a new life for herself and her children while seeking her own path to happiness.
"Born and raised in a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish family,
Tova
Mirvis
committed herself to observing the rules and rituals prescribed by this way of life. She married a man from within the fold and quickly began a family. But over the years, her doubts became noisier than her faith, and at age forty she could no longer breathe in what had become a suffocating existence. Even though it would mean the loss of her friends, her community, and possibly even her family,
Tova
decides to leave her husband and her faith. She strikes out on her own to discover what she does believe and who she really is. This will mean forging a new way of life not just for herself, but for her children, who are struggling with what the divorce and her new status as "not Orthodox" mean for them. A memoir about what it means to decide to heed your inner compass at long last. To free the part of yourself that has been suppressed, even if it means walking away from the only life you’ve ever known.
Tova
takes us through her first year outside her marriage and community as she learns to silence her fears and seek adventure on her own path to happiness.
Tova
Mirvis
is the author of three novels: Visible City, The Outside World, and The Ladies Auxiliary. Her essays have appeared in various publications, including the New York Times, the Boston Globe Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Poets and Writers, and her fiction has been broadcast on NPR. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts. Visit her website at TovaMirvis.com"--Provided by publisher.
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