Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying (Among Other Things)

by Abby Sher

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Until the age of ten, Abby Sher was a happy child in a fun-loving, musical family. But when her father and favorite aunt pass away, Abby fills the void of her loss with rituals: kissing her father's picture over and over each night, washing her hands, counting her steps, and collecting sharp objects that she thinks could harm innocent pedestrians. Then she begins to pray. At first she repeats the few phrases she remem-bers from synagogue, but by the time she is in high school, Abby is spending hours locked in her closet, urgently reciting a series of incantations...Read more
  • ISBN10 1416592539
  • ISBN13 9781416592532
  • Publish Date 20 October 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Imprint Scribner
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 320
  • Language English