num_pages: 240
description: * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND RACHEL MCADAMS*AUTHOR OF ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FAVORITE READS OF 2017When a young photographer living in New York learns that her estranged father, a well-respected rabbi, has died, she can no longer run away from the truth, and soon sets out for the Orthodox Jewish community in London where she grew up.Back for the first time in years, Ronit can feel the disapproving eyes of the community. Especially those of her beloved cousin, Dovid, her father’s favorite student and now an admired rabbi himself, and Esti, who was once her only ally in youthful rebelliousness. Now Esti is married to Dovid, and Ronit is shocked by how different they both seem, and how much greater the gulf between them is.But when old flames reignite and the shocking truth about Ronit and Esti’s relationship is revealed, the past and present converge in this award-winning and critically acclaimed novel about the universality of love and faith, and the strength and sacrifice it takes to fight for what you believe in—even when it means disobedience.
language: English
title: Disobedience
titlecomplete: Disobedience
genres: Judaism, Audiobook, Queer, Religion, LGBT, Jewish, Fiction, Contemporary, Lesbian, Romance
ratings_count: 11708
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Orange Prize
category: New Writers, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Sami Rohr Prize
category: Jewish Literature
publisher: Atria Books