Shmutz : a novel / Felicia Berliner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berliner, Felicia, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hasidim--Fiction.

Hasidim.

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Jewish families--Fiction.

Jewish families.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).

New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn.

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

258 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atria Books, 2022.

Summary:

"An arranged marriage is expected for Raizl, but she's not like the other young women in her Hasidic sect in Brooklyn. Raizl has a college scholarship to study accounting, a part-time job that supports her family, and a hidden computer making it all possible. That's where she finds the porn, through the slippery slope of an innocent Google search. As Raizl dives deeper into the world of porn at night, her daytime life begins to unravel. The porn is thrilling, cracking open a world of desire and experience that is becoming irresistible to Raizl-but it also threatens to tear her away from the family she loves. As the novel moves between Raizl's combative visits to the shrink she requested, arranged dates, and loving but complicated exchanges with her family, readers will be drawn to confront their own paradoxical sexuality and the trade-offs we all make for the sake of stability and familial love. A singular, compulsively readable debut, Shmutz explores what it means to be a fully-realized sexual and spiritual being amidst the contradictory messages of both the traditional and modern world"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781982177621

1982177624

9781982177638

1982177632

OCLC:

1281164717

Publisher Number:

99991259125