num_pages: 175
description: Yossi at seventeen feels as though his homosexuality makes him less of a Jew. Living as he does in Melbournes Orthodox Jewish community he has a lot to hide. When non-religious rebel Josh turns up at school Yossi is asked to look after him and while Yossi educates Josh on the ancient traditions of their race Josh does some educating of his own. Through their relationship Yossi learns to see the laws of Judaism in a very new light.But when he and Josh are caught kissing in the bathhouse Yossis life takes on a dramatic new turn and he can ignore his new reality no longer.For lovers of Melbourne drama and romance and for anyone who remembers teenage or thwarted love this is a page-turner.
language: English
title: The Boy's Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew
publisher: Sleepers Publishing