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EXODUS
A Memoir by the Author of Unorthodox
Deborah Feldman
Deborah Feldman, author of the explosive New York
Times–bestselling memoir Unorthodox, returns with an
extraordinary follow-up that traces her new life as an
independent young woman and single mother, and her
search for an authentic and personal Jewish identity.
When Deborah Feldman made the remarkable—and scandalous—decision to leave
her family and loveless marriage, wholly rejecting her Hasidic roots, she found herself
alienated from the only community she had ever known. Out of her experience came
the incendiary bestselling memoir Unorthodox, and just a few years later, Feldman has
emerged on the cusp of a remarkable journey of self-discovery—a journey in which
she begins her life anew, a single mother and a religious refugee, at the age of twentysix.
As a woman and as a writer, Feldman broke all the rules she was raised to live by,
and in the process has discovered a world of like-minded outcasts and misfits, bound
together in the universal struggle for self-acceptance and healing. A captivating writer
and beguiling storyteller, Feldman’s singular life has been an inspiration to countless
others everywhere.
✦ Unorthodox spent eight weeks on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction
bestseller list, reaching #13 at its height. It was also a huge e-book bestseller, and
spent eight weeks on the New York Times combined print/e-book nonfiction list,
hitting #7 in its first week.
✦ Feldman is an extraordinary speaker and natural promoter. Her emotive and
inspiring presentations bring audiences to tears—including Barbara Walters.
PRAISE FOR UNORTHODOX
“Deborah Feldman was raised in an insular, oppressive
world where she was taught that, as a woman, she wasn’t
capable of independent thought. But she found the pluck and
determination needed to make the break from that world and
has written a brave, riveting account of her journey.
Unorthodox is harrowing, yet triumphant.”
—Jeannette Walls, #1 bestselling author of The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses
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