Used book – La Répudiée, Eliette Abécassis

At first sight, Rachel loved Nathan, the husband destined for her. And she happily accepted her destiny as a pious woman in this traditionalist neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, where she grew up. But over the years, the tragedy that will break her unfolds: the couple has no children. And Hassidic law gives the husband, after ten years, the possibility of divorcing a barren wife. How Rachel silently accepts the verdict, even though she knows she is not to blame, is what the novelist of Qumran tells us in this intimate and stark book. A deeply moving love story that was the starting point for Amos Gitaï's film, Kaddosh.