Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Markovits, Anouk |
| Publisher: | Hogarth |
| Date: | 2/26/2013 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar.
In1939, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by theRomanian Iron Guard. He is taken in by a Gentile maid, who raises him asher own son. Five years later, Josef rescues a young girl, Mila, whoseparents are killed in the wake of Nazi deportations. Josef helps Milafind safety with Zalman Stern, a leader in the Satmar community, inwhose home Mila is raised as a sister to Zalman’s daughter, Atara. Thetwo girls form a fierce bond, but as they mature, Atara feels trapped bythe restraints of Jewish fundamentalism, while Mila embraces her faithand her role as a respected young woman in her community. When Josefreturns and chooses Mila to be his bride, she eagerly strives to be anideal wife, but a desperate choice after ten years of childless marriagethreatens to separate her from everything—and everyone—she cherishes.
A beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition collide, I Am Forbidden announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new voice and opens a startling window on a world long closed to most of us, until now.
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