Disobedience
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Disobedience

by Naomi Alderman

2006•Drama•240 pages

Taste attributes: dramaromancefresh & originalrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeA realistic, moving novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

By the age of 32, Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man.But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind. The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London is outraged by Ronit and her provocative ways.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaRomanceComing of ageComplex relationshipEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

Jewish familiesJews

Details

Author
Naomi Alderman
Published
2006
Pages
240
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