An observant wife
"In this rich and compassionate novel, An Observant Wife, Naomi Ragen continues the love story between newly observant California-girl Leah and ultra-Orthodox widower Yaakov from An Unorthodox Match. From the joy of their wedding day surrounded by supportive friends and family, Yaakov and Leah...
| Main Author: | Ragen, Naomi, 1949- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Daughter of the groom
- The wedding dance
- A virgin wedding night
- Shaindele's new beginning
- Joy
- Yaakov leaves Kollel
- Leah's shame
- The boy from the pizza parlor
- A difficult conversation
- The elephant in the room
- An elderly romance
- Duvie
- Leah talks to HaShem
- Where is Shaindele?
- Consequences
- It is not good to be alone
- Yaakov struggles
- A family in turmoil
- The rabbi-psychologist
- Some enchanted evening
- First meeting
- Love among the rugelach
- Breakthrough with grub
- Leah takes stock
- A ray of hope
- Leah, Yaakov, Shaindele
- Will they believe her?
- The reckoning
- Showdown
- The Chorbyn
- More than a friend
- God's messenger
- A dangerous mission
- A different world
- The proposal
- The corrections
- Epilogue.