In his bitingly funny Memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional Jewish family and wrestling with a vengeful God, Auslander\'s combination of unrelenting humor and anger renders a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith, family, and community.
His combination of unrelenting humor and anger renders a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith and family..
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.
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.
Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God.
A New York Times Notable Book, and a chaotic, laugh riot ( San Francisco Chronicle ) of a memoir.
In his bitingly funny Memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional Jewish family and wrestling with a vengeful God, Auslander\'s combination of unrelenting humor and anger renders a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith, family, and community
