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    Shmutz: A Novel
    Shmutz: A Novel
    Shmutz: A Novel
    Audiobook9 hours

    Shmutz: A Novel

    Written by Felicia Berliner

    Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky

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    “Hilarious and endearing...Shmutz is a dirty book with a pure heart.” —The New York Times

    In this witty, provocative, and “compulsively readable coming-of-age story” (Cosmopolitan), a young Hasidic woman on a quest to get married fears she will never find a groom because of her secret addiction to porn.

    Like the other women in her ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn community, Raizl expects to find a husband through an arranged marriage. Unlike the other women, Raizl has a secret.

    With a hidden computer to help her complete her college degree, she falls down the slippery slope of online pornography. As Raizl dives deeper into the world of porn at night, her daytime life begins to unravel. Between combative visits with her shrink to complicated arranged dates, Raizl must balance her growing understanding of her sexuality with the expectations of the family she loves.

    “Clever, subversive, juicy, and surprising” (Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies), Shmutz explores what it means to be a fully realized sexual and spiritual being caught between the traditional and modern worlds.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJul 19, 2022
    ISBN9781797140308
    Author

    Felicia Berliner

    Felicia Berliner has an MFA from Columbia University. Shmutz is her first novel.

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    • 5/5
      Absolutely loved this! Honest depiction of a person with flaws and her struggle to accept herself. Very well written!
    • 3/5
      It’s ok. Not riveting. It had a lot of potential
    • 5/5
      Splendid but sad. I've never read more cohesive analysis of female porn addiction