The Sacrifice of Tamar (Readers Guide Editions)

By Naomi Ragen

Subjects: Relations with Jews, Fiction, general, Families, Jewish women, Black people, Fiction, Rape victims, Fiction, romance, general, Blacks, Jews, Jewish families

Description: A rabbi's wife in New York is raped by a black man, but hides the incident from her husband and they continue sleeping as normal. On becoming pregnant she cannot tell who the father is, so decides against an abortion. The novel traces the consequences. By the author of Sotah.