An Unorthodox Match
A Novel
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4.1 • 76 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
An Unorthodox Match is a powerful and moving novel of faith, love, and acceptance, from author Naomi Ragen, the international bestselling author of The Devil in Jerusalem.
California girl Lola has her life all set up: business degree, handsome fiancé, fast track career, when suddenly, without warning, everything tragically implodes. After years fruitlessly searching for love, marriage, and children, she decides to take the radical step of seeking spirituality and meaning far outside the parameters of modern life in the insular, ultraorthodox enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn. There, fate brings her to the dysfunctional home of newly-widowed Jacob, a devout Torah scholar, whose life is also in turmoil, and whose small children are aching for the kindness of a womanly touch.
While her mother direly predicts she is ruining her life, enslaving herself to a community that is a misogynistic religious cult, Lola’s heart tells her something far more complicated. But it is the shocking and unexpected messages of her new community itself which will finally force her into a deeper understanding of the real choices she now faces and which will ultimately decide her fate.
Customer Reviews
Unorthodox Match
The story unfolds very slowly. Some of the Yiddish words are explained in the following text, but other Yiddish words are not, which I found frustrating. The characters’ development is sometimes painfully slow, but the characters do ultimately come alive as I continued reading the book. This book described life in the Orthodox Jewish community about which I knew very little. The pace of the book picked up around halfway through the novel. I am glad I stuck it out, because the last half of the book was enjoyable to read.