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Monday, July 7, 2014
The Mountain Family book review
The book The Mountain Family was so engrossing that I could have sat and read over 300 pages without stopping, had I had the uninterrupted time. Still, it only took me two days of finding the time to read this memoir which is brimming over with incredible stories.
The book was, all at once, ecstatic in discovery of truth, excruciating in life experiences, and perhaps even universally relate-able. I haven't read anything like it before, but it strikes me as the same category as incredible stories of survival, growth, journey, etc. The author's highs were so incredibly high, and her lows were bitter and heart-wrenchingly difficult.
Sheryl Youngs describes her life, full of intellectual yearning, spiritual drive, and so many moves from one city/region/religion to the next, and dramas with her children and the conversion process, and I think it's the most dramatic, exciting, and inspirational book I've read in a while. I highly recommend it!
It also touches on topics of homeschooling, aliyah, and living off the land/farming. The book contains an epilogue by Berger's oldest daughter and a section about the interesting work of her children in Northern Israel, farming and practicing the Torah laws of farming even while giving their kids a very thorough Yeshiva education.
Go read it and ENJOY!!
Book for sale by publisher
links to shorter excerpts of her story:
Aish.com: From-Mountain-Mama-to-Yiddishe-Mama.html
The book was, all at once, ecstatic in discovery of truth, excruciating in life experiences, and perhaps even universally relate-able. I haven't read anything like it before, but it strikes me as the same category as incredible stories of survival, growth, journey, etc. The author's highs were so incredibly high, and her lows were bitter and heart-wrenchingly difficult.
Sheryl Youngs describes her life, full of intellectual yearning, spiritual drive, and so many moves from one city/region/religion to the next, and dramas with her children and the conversion process, and I think it's the most dramatic, exciting, and inspirational book I've read in a while. I highly recommend it!
It also touches on topics of homeschooling, aliyah, and living off the land/farming. The book contains an epilogue by Berger's oldest daughter and a section about the interesting work of her children in Northern Israel, farming and practicing the Torah laws of farming even while giving their kids a very thorough Yeshiva education.
Go read it and ENJOY!!
Book for sale by publisher
links to shorter excerpts of her story:
Aish.com: From-Mountain-Mama-to-Yiddishe-Mama.html
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