Description
From floundering to navigating, this gefilte-fish-out-of-water story follows the unorthodox path of a Jewish woman working for a Muslim government.
Marrying one woman is like eating chicken every day for the rest of your life, the cultural attaché a.k.a. my bosswarned the week before my Jewish wedding. I replied, I like chicken.
Jessica Keith never believed she could walk down an aisle. With crippling anxiety fueled by unpredictable panic attacks, she said, I cant so many times she never thought shed say I do.
After finally setting a wedding date, to Tyrone, her beau of eight years, Jessica made the impulsive decision to move away, accepting an offer to work for the Consulate of Kuwait in Los Angeles. The culture was unfamiliar territorywith a lot to unpackshe felt lost in translation.
Adrift in life and at work, nothing seemed to go right. When the rabbi refused to perform an interfaith ceremony, and her grandmother warned, You cant marry a Black man, rather than speak up, Jessica found it easier to bite her tongue. But when she hears on the job, Jews need not apply, it shatters her faith in herself.
While illuminating the depths of anxiety and love, Jessica must find the resilience it takes to persevere.
Author: Jessica Keith
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 11/14/2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9798888451007
Language: English
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