Find a passage in which a Jewish ceremony is described. The use of the first-person plural pronoun for the narrative voice emphasizes the collective, uniform nature of the community. The story is told not by any one member of the community but by a chorus. A graceful novel with a strong sense of place, with vivid characters that are as Southern as the black-eyed peas they serve for Shabbat dinner, as Jewish as their homemade challah. The Orthodox answer to The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood .
Southern flavors meet Jewish sensibilities. .