Washing the Dead

Washing the Dead

Three Orthodox Jewish women search for truth amid a lifetime of secrets in this â€œheartfelt story of loss, hope, and reconciliationâ€ (Booklist).
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Barbara Blumfield, a big-hearted suburban Milwaukee mom and preschool teacher, was seventeen years old when her motherâ€™s affair ripped her family from their Orthodox Jewish community. When the rabbiâ€™s wife summons Barbara to perform the ritual burial washing of her beloved teacher, she walks back into the spiritual and emotional home her mother burned down. Exhuming generations of secrets is the only way Barbara can forgive her estranged mother and in turn spare her daughter their crippling family legacy.
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Michelle Brafmanâ€™s â€œfast-paced and compellingâ€ debut novel examines the experience of religious community, the perilous emotional path to adulthood, and the power of sacred rituals to repair damaged bonds between mothers and daughters (Library Journal).
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â€œIntimate, big-hearted, compassionate and clear-eyed, Brafmanâ€™s novel turns secrets into truths and the truth into the heart of fiction.â€ â€”Amy Bloom, author of Lucky Us and Away
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â€œFrom roots in one religious tradition, comes a tale of emotional redemption for all of us. Michelle Brafmanâ€™s astonishing compassion for all human frailty infuses this story about the need for truth and the promise of forgiveness.â€ â€”Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrewâ€™s Last Stand
Country USA
Manufacturer Prospect Park Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-11-01
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Prospect Park Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-11-01
Format	Kindle eBook

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