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Disobedience

By Naomi Alderman
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Disobedience by Naomi Alderman is a thought-provoking exploration of faith and freedom set in an Orthodox Jewish community in London. The narrative follows Ronit, a woman returning from New York to her childhood home after her father's death, prompting her to confront past relationships and cultural tensions. As she navigates her return, themes of devotion, identity, and personal choice emerge, challenging the community's norms and her own beliefs.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by the clash between tradition and personal freedom. It explores the tension between religious obligation and modern identity through the lens of a woman returning to her Orthodox Jewish community after living independently. The narrative delves into themes of belonging, love, and the courage to follow one's truth, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in complex character studies and cultural intersections.

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Disobedience

By the age of 32, Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man. But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind.

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Winner of the Orange Prize for New Writers 2006, this is an insightful and witty novel on the search for love, tolerance and faith.

Disobedience by Naomi Alderman follows Ronit, who has left London and transformed her life. In New York, she's become a wise-cracking, self-sufficient financial analyst. She's the one who decides for herself where to live, what to do, who to sleep with. But now she has to go home...

When Ronit's father, a respected Rabbi, dies, she's called back to the world of her childhood. She thought she'd left the Orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London far behind. But when she meets up with her childhood girlfriend Esti, she's set on a collision course with the tight-knit community she rejected long ago.

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Disobedience by Naomi Alderman has been praised as funny, tender, and insightful according to The Guardian. The Sunday Times describes it as a wonderful novel that is rich, fresh, and fascinating.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141025957

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 April 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Naomi Alderman is the author of four novels. In 2006 she won the Orange Award for New Writers and in 2007 she was named Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, as well as being selected as one of Waterstones' 25 Writers for the Future. All of her novels have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. In 2013 she was selected for the prestigious Granta Best of Young British Writers. She lives in London.

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