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“One woman's search to understand herself and her Jewish heritage….Rich in details of Jewish life and the lives of her grandparents in the World War II era, [Feldman] sensitively portrays the inner struggles of accepting the pervasive feeling of survivor guilt and her own desires to understand the woman she was becoming. Feldman juxtaposes painfully emotional moments in concentration camps and in European towns where evidence of Jewish settlers was practically erased with humorous, almost macabre playacting scenarios with a German lover, scenarios that only added to Feldman's confusion over her own identity. The overall effect is captivating, entertaining and informative, providing readers with an honest assessment of the strength of one's convictions and the effect a strict religious background can have on a person. An enthralling account of how one Orthodox Jewish woman turned her back on her religion and found genuineness and validity in her new life.”—Kirkus“Feldman’s journey is undeniably and explicitly Jewish, but the aching need to find both a welcoming community and a sense of individuality is one that readers from all walks of life will be able to identify with. Those left unsatisfied with the abrupt ending to Unorthodox will enjoy the more hopeful conclusion to Feldman’s second book as well as her more mature and increasingly eloquent writing style.”—Booklist “Overall, Exodus is a satisfying sequel to Unorthodox, which shows how Deborah Feldman went on to the next step after getting her own freedom from the bonds of a strictly insular society….[a] chronicle of a continuing journey of self-discovery…There are many satisfying finds and revelations along the road, but there are also plenty of bumps, frustrations, disappointments and pitfalls, which is expected when one spends their formative years being closed off from the rest of the outside world, and is confined to the boundaries of a Brooklyn neighborhood….this book is more about the liberation of Deborah Feldman, and how she copes with this newfound sense of freedom and self-discovery, that can be a shock to some, or a declaration of independence for others.”—Stuart Nulman, Montreal Times“In her first memoir, Unorthodox, Feldman made the courageous choice to cut off ties with her family and the Satmar community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn…Now a divorced woman in her 20s, Feldman chronicles the next phase of her life in her new book [Exodus]….a quest of self-discovery…Some of the most powerful scenes come when Feldman retraces the path of her female ancestors in Hungary and confronts the anti-Semitism of contemporary Europe….Feldman ultimately discovers that her rightful place is wherever she happens to be.”—The New York Times Book Review 

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About the Author

Deborah Feldman was raised in the Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She now lives with her son in New England.

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Product details

Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Plume; Reprint edition (February 24, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0142181854

ISBN-13: 978-0142181850

Product Dimensions:

5.3 x 0.6 x 8 inches

Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

3.3 out of 5 stars

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

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I was very impressed with the author's first book and so I eagerly pre-purchased this one. This book is a huge disappointment. Feldman shares with the audience lots of mundane stuff that really isn't at all interesting. She also goes over the top in using highly florid language and portraying every last detail of scenes she's acting in -- and yes, the book does come across as a story of an actor in a theater, grandstanding for the audience, rather than an authentic memoir in which the writing is a postscript to the independently experienced events described therein. You don't experience events just so that you can write about them.

I had thoroughly enjoyed Deborah Feldman's book, Unorthodox, so when I heard that she had written a sequel, I couldn't wait to get it and read it. Unfortunately, unlike her first book, this one was a disappointment. While I do find her style of writing interesting and certain good break points in the chapters, and I enjoyed reading about her travels, there were several things that bothered me:1 - I found the storyline didn't flow -- it kept going back and forth through time, and it just wasn't coherent. It was a jumble of thoughts and journeys, all thrown into a bit with little separation, so one could easily get confused.2 - Where did she get this kind of money to spend so much time traveling? It's amazing all of the places she went to in such a short amount of time -- especially while she had Isaac. True, Isaac might have spent a fair amount of time with his father while Ms. Feldman was away, but we don't actually know how often Isaac actually sees his father; from the way she made it seem at the beginning, it didn't feel like Isaac was seeing him all of that much.3 - It was a bit redundant, pointing out many of the same things over and over again throughout the book.4 - In each chapter, I wasn't exactly sure why the chapter was called that. I did not feel that the stories and ideas she articulated corresponded with the title of each chapter. (And if it did correspond, I did not understand the connection between the content in the chapters as well as the actual chapter). Not only that, but with each chapter ending, I felt like that was a way to just end the story -- and then it just continued with something else, only to, mid-chapter, bring it back to a point from a previous chapter. Once the book ended, I just felt very confused -- where was the true closure, to close the book and feel like everything truly came together, at the end? I understand that finding oneself is a lifetime of work, and that it's never complete, but the end of the book just didn't seem to make sense; it felt like there was a previous part that would have been a better ending to the book, and that she just ran out of things to say.5 - I apologize if this offends some people, but I found it disturbing that while she throws away her Satmar upbringing, she instead goes to the opposite extreme -- of dating and sleeping with different men throughout her journey in Europe, including a descendent of a Nazi! Even if he was a very nice person, and had true remorse for what the Nazis did, I just did not feel comfortable with it and I was not happy reading about it. There are ways to rebel against one's community without handling it the way she did.6 - I really would have liked to have seen more about how she decided to bring up her son, her relationship with her son as she left the Satmar community, as well as a bit of her relationship with her ex-husband, the father of her son -- and how her ex-husband handles the fact that she is no longer among those in the community. Is he still part of the community? How do they communicate with one another? How does her son communicate with his father? I would have found it just as interesting in her relationship with them as she discovers herself as she does on her journey through Europe and to her grandmother's old home.Even with all of my negatives, I actually did enjoy the book and found it interesting and in some ways, courageous. It was interesting to get glimpse of some of the type of people she met on her travels and it was a relatively easy read.

While not quite the "in your face" impact of Unorthodox, I found this memoir to be moving. I can relate to some of Deborah's beliefs and her revelations, having grown up Orthodox, but in a very hypocritical manner. We were Kosher at home; attended an Orthodox temple and observed all Jewish holidays....but, my father took us out to dinner every Sunday night...Chinese food (including pork-fried rice); seafood (lobster), etc.... I was quite conflicted and felt, in many ways, like Deborah.The book really helped me to sort through some long-forgotten memories, and for that reason, I am extremely thankful for Deborah's memoir.

I would have liked to have liked this book. Of course, that' sway I bought it. But, unfortunately, the author really has nothing interesting to say and says what somewhat trivial things she does badly. Simply put, she' say terrible writer and her self-,indulgent wandering a and wonderings are extremely uninteresting. But, she' strung. Very young and someday,perhaps,she will,write a good book and, if it is a memoir, perhaps she will let her readers into some details of her life that might be of interest. For example, how, after escaping from Williamsburg did she come up with the money for the nice cR and the travels and the house on the lake? Why does her son know nothing about "the past" when he spends time with his father in the Old World? And above all, why did she think anyone would be interested in reading her narcissistic adolescent whining? Grow up, dear girl, then try writing "another book".

Hard to put down. I actually read all of Exodus with about 50 pages still to read in Unorthodox. I wanted to find out how her life evolved after leaving her Jewish community. With prose sometimes quick and light, sometimes ponderous and meditative, there is a not moment in her narratives (both of them) that I don't appreciate and revel in her courage, intelligence, and will to live fiercely, with passion, sometimes alone and always believing that anything and everything is possible. I finished both her memoirs wanting more and hoping that this young writer will continue to write and produce literature well into the her future.

The impact of Deborah Feldman's books, Unorthodox, and Exodus on me is extraordinary. I think her gifts in telling her story, and writing makes her work the most important of any I have read in my lifetime. I am a 76 year old woman, with Holocaust stories within my own family. I love Deborah Feldman with all my heart and am so grateful she has become.

An excellent memoir of a young woman who dared to leave the ultra-Orthodox Satmat sect in Brooklyn. Her writing is really evocative, and her memories as a young child watching her Bubbe cook up a storm have stayed with me. She exposes all of the ugliness of a forced marriage to a virtual stranger as well as her confusion and naiveté when she steps outside the sect, utterly unequipped to deal with the "real" world. A very powerful, evocative tale which delves into the secrets of the most repressive Hassidic sect.

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