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The Ladies Auxiliary (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
3 journalers for this copy...
Received from Paperbackswap.
I'm excited to read this one as I read Tova Mirvis's other book, The Outside World, and really liked it.
From back cover:
When free-spirited Batsheva moves into the close-knit Orthodox community of Memphis, Tennessee, the already precarious relationship between the Ladies Auxiliary and their teenage daughters is shaken to the core. In this extraordinary novel, Tova Mirvis takes us into the fascinating and insular world of the Memphis Orthodox Jews, one ripe with tradition and contradiction. Warm and wise, enchanting and funny, The Ladies Auxiliary brilliantly illuminates the timeless struggle between mothers and daughters, family and self, religious freedom and personal revelation, honoring the past and facing the future. An unforgettable story of uncommon atmosphere, profound insight, and winning humor.
I'm excited to read this one as I read Tova Mirvis's other book, The Outside World, and really liked it.
From back cover:
When free-spirited Batsheva moves into the close-knit Orthodox community of Memphis, Tennessee, the already precarious relationship between the Ladies Auxiliary and their teenage daughters is shaken to the core. In this extraordinary novel, Tova Mirvis takes us into the fascinating and insular world of the Memphis Orthodox Jews, one ripe with tradition and contradiction. Warm and wise, enchanting and funny, The Ladies Auxiliary brilliantly illuminates the timeless struggle between mothers and daughters, family and self, religious freedom and personal revelation, honoring the past and facing the future. An unforgettable story of uncommon atmosphere, profound insight, and winning humor.
A relatively light and enjoyable read set in an Orthodox Jewish community in Memphis, Tennessee. The story is rather tried and true -- a newcomer moves to an insular community and pushes the boundaries of the community to make the residents realize that they aren't as perfect or as isolated as they believed. While the setting was interesting, it was also universal -- the author comments in an interview that she's heard from readers who say the community could have described their Methodist relatives.
Throughout the book, the author uses first-person plural narration for the community (e.g., We were watching from our windows as the newcomer drove up.) This got sort of tiresome, but wasn't as annoying as it could have been. The individual community members were sufficiently well-drawn that they had appeal even with the plural narrative voice.
This is reserved for sweetsangria's Flower Power bookbox.
(released into bookbox 7/17/08)
Throughout the book, the author uses first-person plural narration for the community (e.g., We were watching from our windows as the newcomer drove up.) This got sort of tiresome, but wasn't as annoying as it could have been. The individual community members were sufficiently well-drawn that they had appeal even with the plural narrative voice.
This is reserved for sweetsangria's Flower Power bookbox.
(released into bookbox 7/17/08)
Came home in my "flower power" bookbox. Sounds interesting.
Putting into a bookbox.
Chosen from the Judge a Book By Its Cover Bookbox
