Books by Tova Mirvis
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review 1: Looking for a 3.5 star option. Tova Mirvis is a good writer and storyteller and I like the premise of this voyeuristic, criss-crossed stories of NYC residents. The city itself is almost a character- with side line of black trench-coated adventurers beneath the city in closed...
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review 1: The Ladies Auxiliary is, the on the surface, a story of an Orthodox Jewish community in Memphis, Tennessee. A newcomer, Batsheva, moves into the neighbourhood and she unintentionally causes the traditional group of women to question her actions, faith and purpose against their ri...
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review 1: this book was very informative about jewish orthodox culture. I really liked that. it was also informative about how difficult it can be for people (specifically female cliques) entrenched in their traditions to wholeheartedly accept someone new that shares their fundamental beli...
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review 1: I was annoyed at first because everyone was so miserable in their lives. Everyone was putting on a face for the outside world. Was there no one who was happy with who they were?The book could have used a character who was happy and fulfilled, just for a contrast. I dislike the th...
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review 1: As much I enjoyed the personalities of this easy read, it also made me sad. Incredibly sad within a heavy view of nostalgia and yearning for the "we are all quite the same in perception" of my immigrant and 1st generation neighborhood of my childhood. The support and the conflict...