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Foreskin's lament : a memoir

Author: Shalom Auslander
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2007.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An account of the author's youth in a strict Orthodox community describes his dysfunctional family's vengeful personification of God, his exile to reform school after a childhood misdemeanor, and his efforts to make sense of his religious beliefs while connecting with the outside world.
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Genre/Form: Autograph manuscripts
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Named Person: Shalom Auslander; Shalom Auslander; Shalom Auslander
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Shalom Auslander
ISBN: 9781594489556 1594489556
OCLC Number: 122425087
Description: 310 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Responsibility: Shalom Auslander.
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An account of the author's youth in a strict Orthodox community describes his dysfunctional family's vengeful personification of God, his exile to reform school after a childhood misdemeanor, and his efforts to make sense of his religious beliefs while connecting with the outside world.

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