This Is Not a Love Story

A memoir about a woman’s coming of age in the closed world of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community is “an unforgettable portrait of anguish and hope” ( People ). The third of six children in a family that harks back to a gloried Hassidic dynasty, Judy Brown grew up with the legacy of centuries of religious teaching. But her world begins to crumble when her “crazy” brother Nachum returns home after a year in Israel living with relatives. Though supposedly “cured,” he is still prone to retreating i