{"product_id":"chutzpah-a-memoir-of-faith-sexuality-and-daring-to-stay","title":"Chutzpah: A memoir of faith, sexuality and daring to stay","description":"\u003cp\u003eWry and exhilarating, Chutzpah is a fearless exploration of what is possible when one person simply refuses to choose between abandoning their roots and abandoning themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 WINGATE PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Clear-sighted and courageous, with an extremely dry sense of humour\"\u003cbr\u003e\nDAVID BADDIEL, author of Jews Don't Count\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\" Delightfully written: wry, moving, controlled, with a great instinct for pace and telling detail\"\u003cbr\u003e\nTLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A gutting, brave story, written with exquisite candour.\"\u003cbr\u003e\nDr. Sara Glass, author of Kissing Girls on Shabbat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYehudis Fletcher was six years old when she decided to find out if there was actually a G-d.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne Sabbath evening, she dared to defy a fundamental rule. She didn’t wash her hands before breaking bread. At the table, Yehudis braced herself for a terrible, biblical punishment: being swallowed by the ground or consumed by fire. But nothing happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was at this moment that she discovered a spark within that would grow to make her invincible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the daughter of a rabbi raised in an Orthodox Jewish community, Yehudis struggled to conform to the strict expectations placed upon her and her siblings. Outspoken, curious and desperate to know more about G-d, she felt fenced in by arbitrary rules and questions left unanswered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs she grew older, these restrictions intensified and her questions for G-d hung heavier than ever. Repeatedly let down by those who were supposed to protect her and pushed on to a path that seemed to take her further away from who she really was, she began to yearn for a life where she could embrace all facets of herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Yehudis’s sexuality came to blows with the expectations of her family and her community, the pressure to inhabit a binary position reached fever pitch. Confronted with either losing the faith she loved or losing herself, Yehudis made the most daring decision of all: she decided to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“ Chutzpah is a brilliant and fascinating insight into an ultra-orthodox Jewish community .”\u003cbr\u003e\nHarriet Wistrich, author of Sister in Law\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\" Yehudis’s resilience is truly inspirational.\"\u003cbr\u003e\nAshley Blaker, author of Normal Schmormal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54000239640944,"sku":"978-0857529954","price":5.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54000239673712,"sku":"978-0857529954","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_2744_722c99c7e4.jpg?v=1783521399","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/chutzpah-a-memoir-of-faith-sexuality-and-daring-to-stay","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}