(Fiction, 336 pp. 1999)
Narrated from the collective perspective of a synagogue’s Ladies’ Auxiliary, Mirvis’s inspired debut depicts the perceived threat that the arrival of free-spirited Batsheva poses to the insular Orthodox community of Memphis, Tennessee. The intergenerational conflict that ensues illuminates the difficulty of maintaining tradition while honoring personal freedom.
- Discussion questions
- Review by Roy Hoffman, New York Times, October 17, 1999
- Review: Kirkus
