The Punk-Rock Queen of the Jews : A Memoir
by
Rossi
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1647426979
ISBN-13
9781647426972
Publisher
She Writes Press
Imprint
She Writes Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 23rd, 2024
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
440 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.70 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Memoirs
Ksh 3,050.00
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Outrageous, hysterical, and at times terrifying, Chef Rossis second memoir takes readers back to her teenage years, where she comes out, comes of age, and throws off the oppressive misogyny of the Chasidic Jewish tradition.
This is Rossis wild, queer coming-of-age story. Rossi was taught only to aspire to marry a nice Jewish boy and to be a good kosher Jewish girl. At sixteen she flowers into a rebellious punk-rock rule-breaker who runs away to seek adventure. Her freedom is cut short when her parents kidnap her and dump her with a Chasidic rabbia cult buster known for reforming wayward Jewish girlsin Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Rossi spends the next couple of years in a repressive, misogynistic culture straight out of the nineteenth century, forced to trade in her pink hair and Sex Pistols T-shirt for maxi skirts and long-sleeved blouses and endure not only bone-crunching boredom but also outright abuse and violence.
The Punk-Rock Queen of the Jews is filled with wonderfully rich characters, hilarious dialogue, and keen portraits of the secretive hothouse Orthodox world and the struggling New York City of the 1980s: dirty, on the edge, but fully vital and embracing.
Rossi spends the next couple of years in a repressive, misogynistic culture straight out of the nineteenth century, forced to trade in her pink hair and Sex Pistols T-shirt for maxi skirts and long-sleeved blouses and endure not only bone-crunching boredom but also outright abuse and violence.
The Punk-Rock Queen of the Jews is filled with wonderfully rich characters, hilarious dialogue, and keen portraits of the secretive hothouse Orthodox world and the struggling New York City of the 1980s: dirty, on the edge, but fully vital and embracing.
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