Lovingkindness
by Anne Roiphe
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Author: Anne RoipheEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-10-01
ISBN: 0446673889
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Book Review: Cult...or Sanctuary?
Summary: 5 Stars
When Annie Johnson, a feminist single mother learns that her twentysomething daughter Andrea has joined a Yeshiva in Israel, she is stunned. After all, this is the same daughter who partied, got piercings and tattoos, and experimented with drugs. The same daughter whose
self-destructive behavior and rebellious attitude have kept her on tenterhooks for the past several years.
Not sure what to make of it, Annie researches all that is available to know about this Yeshiva - and learns that they are a traditional Jewish group that focuses on teaching the Talmud, how to keep kosher, and, startlingly, they arrange marriages between the men and women.
This is such an antithesis of everything she has taught her daughter, so Annie reels from the information. At first, she tells herself that Andrea will tire of the group, as she has of everything else in her young life. Her attention span is short, etc. Then she receives a letter - Andrea informs her that she is now "Sarai", her new name and that she is becoming a new person.
Over the next several months, they communicate, and with each epistle, Annie's heart sinks - she falls into reminiscences of the times when Andrea, as a young girl, was loving, affectionate, and didn't rebel. She is also tortured by dreams of an ancient Rabbi, who comes to her with messages - metamorphic messages that seem to be premonitions of sorts.
Finally Annie receives a communication from the Rose family, whose son has been chosen to marry Andrea/Sarai. They, too, are disturbed by the turn of events. They commiserate and ultimately, plan to go to Israel to investigate.
In Israel, events become unpredictable as the story winds down to its unexpected conclusion.
What does Annie learn at the Yeshiva? What do the Roses do to turn things around? And what, ultimately, will be the final resolution of this most unusual mother/daughter conflict?
Lovingkindness is a unique exploration of the fragile mother/daughter bond and the events that shape it.
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