In 1911, in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem under the backward Ottoman rule, a young woman’s struggle for self-expression clashes with her society’s religious dictates. In the coming years, as Esther sacrifices her yearning for painting and devotes herself instead to following God’s path as an obedient “Jerusalem maiden,” she suppresses her desires—until a surprising opportunity forces itself into her pre-ordained path. When her beliefs clash with the surging passions she has staved off her entire life, Esther must confront the hard questions: What is faith? Is there such a thing as destiny? And to whom must she be true, to God or to herself?
454 pages (May 2011)
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