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A review by amb3rlina
The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis
5.0
Memoir of a woman leaving the walled off world of her Orthodox Jewish faith and her marriage.
What I loved:
I don't think I've ever highlighted a book so much in my life. Her writing was beautiful, but mostly I felt like my own thoughts were being beautifully spilled out onto the page. She articulated so much of my own experience.
What I learned:
We're never as isolated as it might sometimes feel. Human experience is vast and messy and beautiful and the connections between us all are where real beauty lies.
A favorite passage:
(How to choose just one!) "The greatest form of spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment. I can no more imagine self-observation without judgment than I can imagine walking without moving my feet."
What I loved:
I don't think I've ever highlighted a book so much in my life. Her writing was beautiful, but mostly I felt like my own thoughts were being beautifully spilled out onto the page. She articulated so much of my own experience.
What I learned:
We're never as isolated as it might sometimes feel. Human experience is vast and messy and beautiful and the connections between us all are where real beauty lies.
A favorite passage:
(How to choose just one!) "The greatest form of spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment. I can no more imagine self-observation without judgment than I can imagine walking without moving my feet."