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Never Mind The Goldbergs

Matthue Roth's inspired and insightful tale of a punk-rock Orthodox Jew who goes to Hollywood to find her place.

Don't think for a second that you know Hava or her place in the world. Yes, she's an Orthodox Jew. But that doesn't mean she can't rock out. And yes, she has opinions about everything around her. But her opinions about herself can be twice as harsh.

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Now Hava's just been asked to be the token Jew on a TV show about a Jewish family, trading one insular community for another. As in Tanuja Desai Hidier's BORN CONFUSED, there is soon a collision of both cultures and desires — with one headstrong heroine caught in the middle.

Genre
coming of ageLGBTliterary fiction
Themes
jewish
Setting
2000sUSA
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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