Describe the tone of the memoir. In what ways does the language and narrative atmosphere of the text evolve along with Deborah?

The author's narrative tone is familiar and authentic. She employs language which straddles and incorporates the competing realms in which she lives and longs for. However, because the novel is written from Deborah's first person vantage point, and in the present tense, the author is able to inhabit her mindset at each and every phase of her childhood and early adult life. The tone, therefore, expands and deepens along with Deborah's growing understanding of her Hasidic life, the world beyond it, and the version of herself she hopes to claim and establish.

Describe Deborah's family structure. How does her familial realm influence her understanding of herself?

When Deborah is a young girl, her mother leaves the Hasidic community, for reasons Deborah will not discover until...