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THE MODERN JEWISH GIRL'S GUIDE TO GUILT
By: Ruth Andrew Ellenson
Plume
August 2006
On Sale: July 25, 2006
336 pages
ISBN: 0452287480
EAN: 9780452287488
Paperback
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Non-Fiction Religion | Humor
Strong and moving stories about what it means... to be a Jewish woman in todayβs world. (Los Angeles Times) Youβll feel guilty if you donβt read this hilarious and poignant collection. Move over, Woody Allen. (St. Petersburg Times) Lively and intelligent. (Seattle Times)
Product Description
Twenty-eight of todayβs top Jewish women writers tell the truth about all the things their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public in this hilarious and provocative collection.
Includes original essays on:
β’ Finding (and Divorcing) the Perfect Jewish Man
β’ Not Calling Your Mother
β’ Marrying a German
β’ Failing to Supply Enough Grandchildren
β’ Learning to RSVP No
β’ And many other guilty pleasures . . .
Includes pieces by:
Elisa Albert, Aimee Bender, Jennifer Bleyer, Kera Bolonik, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Baz Dreisinger, Pearl Gluck, Rebecca Goldstein, Lori Gottlieb, Lauren Grodstein, Dara Horn, Molly Jong-Fast, Rachel Kadish, Jenna Kalinsky, Cynthia Kaplan, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Amy Klein, Daphne Merkin, Tova Mirvis, Gina Nahai, Katie Rophie, Francesca SegrΓ©, Wendy Shanker, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Susan Shapiro, Ayelet Waldman, Rebecca Walker, Sheryl Zohn
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