Qesher Book Club: The Marriage Box
Hosted By: Qesher
Qesher Book Club features “The Marriage Box,” a novel set in the 1970s where Casey Cohen, a sixteen-year-old Middle Eastern Jew living in New Orleans, finds herself amid trouble and a challenging peer group. Her life takes a dramatic turn when her family decides to return to their Orthodox Syrian Jewish roots in Brooklyn, introducing Casey to a culture where teenage girls display themselves in a designated area, known as the Marriage Box, for potential husbands. After a hasty marriage at eighteen to Michael, Casey struggles with cultural assimilation and personal aspirations, leading her to question the possibility of reconciling her new life with her ambitions.
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