Tagged: new books

Exodus: A Memoir by Deborah Feldman

Exodus: A Memoir by Deborah Feldman

In 2009, at the age of twenty-three, Deborah Feldman walked away from the rampant oppression, abuse, and isolation of her Satmar upbringing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to forge a better life for herself and her...

A Town of Empty Rooms by Karen E. Bender

A Town of Empty Rooms by Karen E. Bender

Author Karen Bender weaves a number of provocative themes into this emotional and timely story set in a small community in North Carolina. Dan and Serena, newly relocated from New York City to a...

I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

What is life really like as a Satmar? I Am Forbidden opens the window and then pushes the reader right through the door of the insular Williamsburg, Brooklyn religious community. Anouk Markovits, raised in...