Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

A beloved rabbi dies in a leafy north-west London suburb and his passing brings his wayward daughter home. For the past ten years Ronit has been living the life of a modern New York woman. She's looking forward to catching up with old friends, perhaps settling old scores. But it soon becomes clear that Hendon and Ronit don't fit. Her home has become a more unsettling place than she had anticipated. And when she is reunited with her childhood girlfriend Esti, who has taken a very different path in life, it's not long before the two women are forced to confront their pasts - and to examine the difficult choices they have made.

Disobedience is a novel that illuminates a culture that has existed in Britain for centuries. With insight and wit, Naomi Alderman offers a contemporary take on the search for love, faith and understanding in a world filled with conflicting moral and sexual ideals. Longlisted for the orange prize for Fiction 2006

10 copies