The orchard : a novel

Hopen, David 1993- (author.).

Summary: "Ari Eden's life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces that they are moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention. Enrolling in an opulent Jewish academy, Ari is stunned by his peers' dizzying wealth, ambition, and shameless pursuit of life's pleasures. When the academy's golden boy, Noah, takes Ari under his wing, Ari finds himself entangled in the school's most exclusive and wayward group. These friends are magnetic and defiant - especially Evan, the brooding genius of the bunch, still living in the shadow of his mother's death. Influenced by their charismatic rabbi, the group begins testing their religion in unconventional ways. Soon Ari and his friends are pushing moral boundaries and careening toward a perilous future - one in which the traditions of their faith are repurposed to mysterious, tragic ends."--Publisher.

Item details

ISBN: 9780062974747
ISBN: 0062974742
ISBN: 9780062974761
Physical Description: print
462 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

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Jewish teenagers Fiction
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Jewish fiction.
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