The Ladies Auxiliary - (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Tova Mirvis (Paperback)

About the Book

The Orthodox families of Memphis are as proud of their century-old Southern roots as they are of their Jewish heritage. Into this fiercely protective community comes a convert to Judaism--Batsheva, young, beautiful, recently widowed, and accompanied by her five-year-old daughter, Ayala.

Review Quotes

"A SPARKLING DEBUT . . . A graceful novel with a strong sense of place, with vivid characters that are as Southern as the black-eyed peas they serve for Shabbat dinner, as Jewish as their homemade challah."
--Jewish Week

"MIRVIS EVOKES [ORTHODOX MEMPHIS] WITH COMPASSION AND TELLING DETAIL."
--Detroit Free Press

"Poignant, funny, sophisticated . . . The Orthodox answer to The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood."
--Mademoiselle

About the Author

Tova Mirvis is the national bestselling author of Visible City, The Outside World, and The Ladies Auxiliary. Her essays have appeared in various publications including the New York Times, Good Housekeeping, and Poets and Writers, and her fiction has been broadcast on NPR. She was a Scholar in Residence at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, and Visiting Scholar at The Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center. She received an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. She lives in Massachusetts with her three children.