num_pages: 450
description: After being raped and impregnated by an African American man, Tamar, a recently-married, Orthodox Jewish woman, hides her shame and brings up the child as her husband's son, but the past returns to haunt her later in life.
language: English
title: The Sacrifice of Tamar
titlecomplete: The Sacrifice of Tamar
genres: Jewish, 20th Century, Chick Lit, Religion, Historical Fiction, Judaism, Adult Fiction, Adult, Judaica, Fiction
ratings_count: 1838
places: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
publisher: Toby Press