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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engrossing, Ragen's best so far!,
This review is from: The Sacrifice Of Tamar (Hardcover)
The "Sacrifice of Tamar, not unlike the author's other two books, "Sotah" and "Jepthie's Daughter" takes place in an insular ultra-othrdox community. "Sacrifice of Tamar" centers mainly in Brooklyn and later moves to Isreal. In the opening chapters Tamar is raped by a blackman and later, the same night, has sex with her own husband. She becomes pregnant and is very concerend that the child may be the rapist's. (She keeps the attack a secret from all but her two closest freinds.) Later she is relieved when the baby born to her, a boy, is white. There's is suffuicient foreshadowing to predict some of what that might occur in years to come when her own son marries and his wife is pregnant with his child. Her characters in this book, Hadassah, Jenny and the Klovitzer Rebbie are believeable and likeable characters. Ragen writes with such authority it's almost as though she has witnessed much of what occurs in her books as good writers write from experience. The books is out of print and her other two novels are difficult to find in my library system owing to their popularity and not ther scarcity. Having read all three in recent weeks I am looking forward to her 4th, due very soon. Another book, "Romance Reader," by Pearl Abraham is also about insular Orthodox communites. Although not very well writen it too is worth searching out in your library.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A compelling read,
By Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sacrifice of Tamar (Readers Guide Editions) (Paperback)
Tamar Finegold has a secure and predictable life , as wife of one of Brooklyn's leading ultra-orthodox rabbis , but when she is violently raped by an intruder , all of this is thrown into turmoil. She turns to two childhood friends , but keeps the secret from her family , until years later , a strange turn of events forces her to confront her past. Naomi Ragen's books deal with the struggle of Jewish communities and the various threats and dilemmas that face them. I had previously read The Covenant and The Ghost of Hannah Mendes. This book shows both the tranquility and beauty of religious life and the dilemmas faced. It is beautifully written and shows how Tamar deals witht he trauma of her rape by an intruder and how her life and that of her family develops, as well as that of her two friends, one who has wisely embraced all that is good in Judaism , and one that has divorced herself from her roots. A very compelling and easy read , that gives us a rare insight into ultra-orthodox communities and their ways of being and thinking.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reading this book was a spiritual experience...,
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This review is from: The Sacrifice of Tamar (Mass Market Paperback)
I read alot. I love books. If I own them, I can't part with them. If I borrow them, I want to own them. If I check them out, I hate to return them. This is a book to own, and keep, and reread. It's a book to learn from and ponder. This book is smart, beautiful, sad and perhaps, particularly touched me as a mother. I really thought about the struggles of these characters...I was deeply moved by the richness and detail of them and the lives they lead. And that may be the key...even those of us who consider ourselves religious, or pious, or devout, or spirtual do not really wrestle with things...at least not like Tamar does.
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