Sotah (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312570248)

Beautiful, fragile Dina Reich, a young woman in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox haredi enclave, stands accused of the community's most unforgivable sin: adultery. Raised with her sisters to be an obedient daughter and a dutiful wife, Dina secretly yearned for the knowledge, romance, and excitement that she knew her circumscribed life would never satisfy. When her first romance is tragically thwarted, she willingly enters into an arranged marriage with a loving but painfully quiet man. Dina's deeply repressed passions become impossible to ignore, finding a dangerous outlet in a sudden and intense obsession with a married man, with terrible consequences. Exiled to New York City, Dina meets Joan, a modern secular woman who challenges all she knows of the world and herself.

Set against the exotic backdrop of Jerusalem's glistening white stones and ancient rituals, Sotah is a contemporary story of the struggle to reconcile tradition with freedom, and faith with love.

Author: Naomi Ragen
ISBN-10: 0312570244
ISBN-13: 9780312570248
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2009
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/13/2009 pg. 33