(originally posted on September 10, 2005)
After reading this, I think I've pretty much decided that I want to be Pearl Abraham when I grow up (in a writerly sense, of course.) What a beautifully moving first novel that tells the story of Rachel, a girl growing up in a cloistered Chasidic family who feels the stirring of the outside world around her, and tries to understand her place and growing unease in the world she knows. Now I'm looking even more forward to reading Abraham's newest book, THE SEVENTH BEGGAR.
