The World Outside (Inscribed) - Wiseman, Eva

INSCRIPTION FROM EVA WISEMAN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; small nick to upper spine extreme; otherwise absolute minimal wear; 17-year-old Chanie Altman lives the sheltered life of a Lubavitcher Hasidic girl in Crown Heights, New York. Life other girls in her tight-knit, religious community, she is expected to attend a seminary and to marry as soon as she graduates from high school. But Chanie has a beautiful voice and dreams of becoming a famous singer: a career forbidden to a Hasidic girl. When she meets David, he exposes her to a world of possibility outside of her fundamentalist community. But it's August 1991 and simmering racial tensions explode into riots in Crown Heights. A tragedy occurs, and the Lubavitcher Hasidic Jews come under siege. Will Chanie choose to stay in the world she has always known and lead a prescribed life, or will she leave it behind to follow her dreams?
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Hardcover
Tundra Books
2014