Allegra Goodman
Allegra Goodman has delighted readers with her critically acclaimed collections ,Total Immersion, and, The Family Markowitz,, and her celebrated first novel, ,Kaaterskill Falls,, which was a national bestseller and a ,National Book Award, finalist. ,Abandoned by her folk-dancing partner, Gary, in a Honolulu hotel room, Sharon realizes she could return to Bostonâ€”and her estranged familyâ€”or listen to that little voice inside herself. The voice that asks: â€œHow come Gary got to pursue his causes, while all I got to pursue was him?â€ Thus, with an open heart, a soul on fire, and her meager possessions (a guitar, two Indian gauze skirts, a macramÃ© bikini, and her grandfatherâ€™s silver watch) Sharon begins her own spiritual quest. Ever the optimist, she is sure at each stage that she has struck it rich â€œspiritually speakingâ€â€”until she comes up empty. Then, in a karmic convergence of events, Sharon starts on the path home to Judaism. Still, even as she embraces her tradition, Sharonâ€™s irrepressible self tugs at her sleeve. Especially when she meets Mikhail, falls truly in love at last, and discovers what even she could not imagineâ€”her destiny.
Fiction,Novels,Literature,Jewish,Religion,Literature,Judaism,Judaica,Spirituality,Contemporary,Adult Fiction
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