Reader Reviews — Barbara Ostfeld

Barbara Ostfeld

“A narrative masterpiece. . . . I could barely catch my breath.”

—Amy Brenner Mitz

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“We witness a girl become a teenager, a young adult, [and then] a wise woman navigating the various paths of her life. . . . I had to force myself to stop reading sometimes.”

—Emily S. Cohen

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“The voice and the granular detail captured in every vignette bring us right there with her.”

—Michael Feshbach

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“A compelling story of the not-uncommon disconnect between our public selves and our private lives.”

—Arlene Burrows

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“The whole book feels ‘in the moment.’ Like the best biographies, it feels so real, authentic, and interesting. And like good fiction, it is crafted, creative, and engrossing.”

—A. B., a therapist

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

Incredibly moving. I found myself identifying with so much.

—Chanin Becker

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“A moving and detailed chronicle of a feminist Jewish life. I’m encouraging my daughters and my son to read it.”

—Dave Ray

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“A moving, beautifully written book . . . filled with pain and warmth and an abundance of intelligence.”

—H. A.

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

[The] style . . . reminds me of the brilliant David Sedaris in “The Santaland Diaries”: “Oh, little elf, little elf . . .”

—Jennifer Bern-Vogel

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“I’m sitting in a salad place . . . wiping my nose with a napkin that says Burger Bar and it’s all wonderful and horrible at the same time.”

—Anonymous

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“Joan Rivers would have had a field day with this book. I am.”

—Charlene Goodman

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“Reads like a novel.”

—Anne A.

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“Illustrates how people really change—not through adoption of [someone else’s] formula for the good life but through recurrent scrutiny of one’s hang-ups that slowly vaporizes them.”

—Richard Cowan

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“Any woman of a ‘certain age’ will know exactly what she’s talking about. As a Catholic I can still remember when only boys were allowed to be altar servers!”

—Anonymous

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“[An] ultimately triumphant transformation that is at once personal, professional, and even sociological.”

—Dana Anesi

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

A wonderful book for all who believe in women who are becoming leaders.

—Jerry Slaff

Ann DelgehausenDecember 18, 2020

“Ostfeld persisted and set goals where many would never tread.”

—Bernie Rouse

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