The Donigers of Great Neck: A Mythologized Memoir

By Wendy Doniger

Book Overview

"Many memories, many myths"--this is how Wendy Doniger begins the story of her parents' origins in Europe and sharply bifurcated life in America. Recalling their contrasting attitudes toward Judaism and religion in general--and acknowledging the mythologized narratives that keep bubbling up in those recollections--Doniger tells the story of their childhoods, their unusual marriage, their life in the post-World War II Jewish enclave of Great Neck, New York, and her own complex relationship with each of them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151260352X
• ISBN13: 9781512603521
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"