Author: Lynne Golodner

This fall, Woman of Valor, about leaving Orthodox Judaism, will be published — my first novel and ninth book.

They grew up and out, gripping the soil, fanning in circles of soft jagged leaves like neck ruffles on Victorian royalty. Perfectly symmetrical, actually beautiful. Like art. Some small, some […]

“I went into their bedroom and saw two beds,” my niece said after babysitting for an Orthodox rabbi’s children. “What’s that about?” I nodded as it all came crashing back. […]