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    An Unorthodox Match: A Novel
    An Unorthodox Match: A Novel
    An Unorthodox Match: A Novel
    Audiobook12 hours

    An Unorthodox Match: A Novel

    Written by Naomi Ragen

    Narrated by Gabra Zackman

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    About this audiobook

    An Unorthodox Match is a powerful and moving novel of faith, love, and acceptance, from author Naomi Ragen, the international bestselling author of The Devil in Jerusalem.

    California girl Lola has her life all set up: business degree, handsome fiancé, fast track career, when suddenly, without warning, everything tragically implodes. After years fruitlessly searching for love, marriage, and children, she decides to take the radical step of seeking spirituality and meaning far outside the parameters of modern life in the insular, ultraorthodox enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn. There, fate brings her to the dysfunctional home of newly-widowed Jacob, a devout Torah scholar, whose life is also in turmoil, and whose small children are aching for the kindness of a womanly touch.

    While her mother direly predicts she is ruining her life, enslaving herself to a community that is a misogynistic religious cult, Lola’s heart tells her something far more complicated. But it is the shocking and unexpected messages of her new community itself which will finally force her into a deeper understanding of the real choices she now faces and which will ultimately decide her fate.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateSep 24, 2019
    ISBN9781250242907
    An Unorthodox Match: A Novel
    Author

    Naomi Ragen

    Naomi Ragen is an award-winning novelist, journalist and playwright. Her first book, Jephte’s Daughter, was listed among the one-hundred most important Jewish books of all time. Her bestselling novels include Sotah, The Covenant, The Sisters Weiss, and Devil in Jerusalem. An outspoken advocate for women’s rights, and an active combatant against anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda through her website, she has lived in Jerusalem since 1971. An Observant Wife is her thirteenth novel.

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    • 5/5
      I am a sucker for jewish fiction and orthodox love stories so I enjoyed this one a lot. Recommend it for likeminded readers.
    • 5/5

      Well written reflection of coming to terms with Jewish Orthodoxy’s’ hypocrisy