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Mazel tov : the story of my extraordinary friendship with an Orthodox Jewish family
- Title
- Mazel tov : the story of my extraordinary friendship with an Orthodox Jewish family / J.S. Margot ; translated from the Dutch by Jane Hedley-Prôle.
- Author
- Vanderstraeten, Margot, 1967-
- Publication
- London : Pushkin Press, 2021.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hedley-Prôle, Jane
- Description
- 314 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- When 20-year-old student J. S. Margot took a tutoring job, little did she know it would open up an entire world. In the family's Orthodox Jewish household, she would encounter endless rules - 'never come on a Friday, never shake hands with a man' - and quirks she had not seen before: tiny tubes on the doorposts, separate fridges for meat and dairy products. Her initial response was puzzlement and occasionally anger, but as she taught the children and fiercely debated with the family, she also began to learn from them. Full of funny misunderstandings and unexpected connections, Mazel Tov is a heartwarming, provocative and disarmingly honest memoir of clashing cultures and unusual friendships - and of how, where adults build walls, sometimes only children can tear them down.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Note
- J.S. Margot is the international pseudonym for Margot Vanderstraeten
- Call Number
- JFD 21-1070
- ISBN
- 9781782275268
- 1782275266
- 9781782275282
- 1782275282
- OCLC
- 1127095459
- Author
- Vanderstraeten, Margot, 1967- author.
- Title
- Mazel tov : the story of my extraordinary friendship with an Orthodox Jewish family / J.S. Margot ; translated from the Dutch by Jane Hedley-Prôle.
- Publisher
- London : Pushkin Press, 2021.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Hedley-Prôle, Jane, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-1070