The Rabbi's Daughter
by Reva Mann
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Author: Reva MannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN: 0385341431
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
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Book Review: A more apt title would've been "My Life as a Sex Addict"
Summary: 1 Stars
At first glance, particularly with the provocative cover, this book seemed interesting. I was quickly debunked of this thought after only a few pages. Sin number one: Reva Mann cannot write. She would've benefitted greatly from a ghostwriter. The sentences are simple, analogies flat and cliche, descriptions not very three dimensional. Sin number two: This is ostensibly a memoir, yet there were a couple scenes that I found totally implausible; namely when she looses her virginity in her father's synagogue, then after the deed is done stands naked on the bimah, shouting "Halleluja!" The other scene which I found incredibly disturbing was when she described having sex with a strange man in her home, newly divorced with kids in the next room. When they were crying for their mother, she couldn't be bothered to stop and tend to them. She seemed to revel in the sordidness of it all. Which leads me to sin number three: Much of the book is devoted to her obsession with sex. The descriptions of her sexual longing and needs and acts are tedious, not to mention puerile. Her newly religious husband, Simcha, was swiftly disposed of when she found him unable to satisfy her sexually (ironic, since this is something which is required under Jewish law, and is even stipulated in the ketubah, marriage contract). Her need for "hot" sex was more important than her husband and young children.
Ultimately I found this book to be mired in self-pity (she discusses the broken dynamics of her family quite a bit without coming to any kind of closure about it all), and narcissism.
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