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Disobedience - Naomi Alderman

Description: ISBN 0670916285 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Naomi Alderman / Hardcover / 256 Pages / Book is published 2006-03-02 by Viking

Newest Review: ... Holocaust and the lack of bacon sarnies on a Sunday morning. However now I am in London I've accidentally become an honoury ... more

... Jew after being befriended by a circle of friends of friends from various Jewish backgrounds. Some stricter than others. However none of them are frumers (traditional or strict) and thus I have only had fleeting glimpses of the black hats that symbolise to me the orthodox community not just in in the North West of London but also in Gateshead and in notch Manchester and Salford. .Disobedience opened my eyes to this community and the strict rules and rituals followed by them. This is a community where men and wom...more

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Disobedience - Naomi Alderman: The secret life of jewish lesbians (865 words)
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Jewish Lesbians! Has that caught your attention?? Well "Disobedience£ the award winning but controversial debut novel by Naomi Alderman is about them but it is about so much more!. Its is also about identity, roots and community. Disobedience is mostly in Hendon in the Jewish heartland of north west London (an area I know fairly well as I have friends there and like some of the restaurant and cafes there. I adore Carmellis in Golder's Green and Piazza pizzeria) and revolves around its close knit Orthodox community. The book begins with the anticipation of the death of community leader and highly respected Rav Krushka and follows the consequences of his death, ... Read the complete review