The romance reader
By: Pearl Abraham.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.; Hasidim -- Fiction.; Girls -- Fiction.; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Description: A Jewish girl's struggle to gain independence from her ultra-orthodox parents. She is Rachel who wants to be like other girls, wear seamless stockings, not have to cover her bathing suit, speak English and have a library card so she can read romances. Rachel is one of six children and her modern ways spoil her brother's marriage prospects.