The Mikvah Queen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781608640317)

In the anti-everything hippie culture of early '80s Ithaca, New York, what rituals can a girl borrow, steal, or invent to make sense of puberty? Jane Schwartz, a lonely, Talmud-quoting, disco-worshipping eleven-year-old girl, builds a mikvah (Jewish ritual bath) in the porta-sauna of her middle-aged neighbor, Charlene Walkeson, in hopes of saving Charlene from the ravages of cancer. Will Jane also save her fierce, fragile self? Out of fragments of disco, feminism, cooking shows, Christian salvation narratives and Jewish law, Jane forges her own theology. Winner of the Dana Award for the Novel, The Mikvah Queen is a remarkable exploration of postmodern Jewish identity, cancer, the confusion and promise of alternative culture, and the power of ritual.

Author: Jennifer Fink
ISBN-10: 1608640310
ISBN-13: 9781608640317
Publisher: Rebel Satori Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2010
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d