![]() ![]() Her signals of distress (“there is no room for me in my house”) are ignored, and the details of the incest are suppressed by her family and by the community at large. The tragic focus of the novel, in which the protagonist witnesses her best friend being raped by her older brother, is the nine-year-old victim, Devory, who ultimately commits suicide. There is also no question that the book is an exposé-a candid and detailed description of the life of a certain sector of the ultra-Orthodox world as experienced by a young female member of that world. A common reaction, by admirers and detractors alike, is that it is hard to put down. ![]() There is no question that the book is well written and designed to hold the reader’s attention. ![]() (Brown originally wrote the book anonymously but revealed her identity after the murder of eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky.) Eishes Chayil is a pseudonym for Judy Brown, the author of Hush, a book that has been described by some as a sensationalist exposé, and commended by others for its masterful suspenseful style. ![]()
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