Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir

A New York Times Notable Book, and a "chaotic, laugh riot" (San Francisco Chronicle) of a memoir.

Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up and was estranged from his community, his religion and its traditions, he could not find the path to a life where he didn't struggle daily with the fear of God's formidable wrath. Foreskin's Lament reveals Auslander's "painfully, cripplingly, incurably, miserably religious" youth in a strict, socially isolated Orthodox Jewish community, and recounts his rebellion and efforts to make a new life apart from it. His combination of unrelenting humor and anger renders a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith and family.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 10/07/2008
ISBN: 9781594483332
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.10w x 0.73d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 10/03/2008 pg. 80
New York Times Book Review 11/02/2008 pg. 24