The Forbidden Book

by Sacha Lamb

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A genderqueer lesbian with a knife.
Set against a backdrop of literary censorship and growing Jewish political consciousness, the sophomore novel by Sydney Taylor and Stonewall Award-winning Sacha Lamb is a soaring exploration of identity, survival, and, ultimately, hope.

On the night before her wedding, seventeen-year-old Sorel leaps from a window and runs away from her life. To keep from being discovered, she takes on the male identity of Isser Jacobs — but it soon becomes clear that there is a real Isser Jacobs, and people...

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  • ISBN10 1646144562
  • ISBN13 9781646144563
  • Publish Date 21 November 2024
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Levine Querido
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English