
Beyond the Pale
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Narrated by:
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Elana Dykewomon
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By:
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Elana Dykewomon
Beyond the Pale - winner of the Lambda Literary Award - tells the stories of two Jewish women living through times of darkness and inhumanity in the early 20th century, capturing their undaunted love and courage in luminous and moving prose. The richly textured novel details Gutke Gurvich's odyssey from her apprenticeship as a midwife in a Russian shtetl to her work in the suffrage movement in New York.
Interwoven with her tale is that Chava Meyer, who was attended by Gurvich at her birth and grew up to survive the pogrom that took the lives of her parents. Throughout the story, historical background plays a large part: Jewish faith and traditions, the practice of midwifery, the horrific conditions in prerevolutionary Russia and New York sweatshops, and the determined work of labor unionists and suffragists.
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Editorial reviews
Beyond the Pale is a touching, lyrical story that follows two immigrant women from the Pale settlement in Russia to New York. Dykewomom presents a powerful look into the experience of being Jewish and a lesbian, while also looking at the greater immigrant experience against the backdrop of poverty. It's a treat to have the writer herself perform this audiobook. Because they are her own words, she easily captures the rhythms of the poetic language. Meanwhile, her voice is so loving toward the characters that is hard not to be swept away by this beautiful, moving audiobook.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
It was savvy and to the point!...stories were great!What about Elana Dykewomon’s performance did you like?
I liked how it was narrated, simple, easy and at times funny!Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
YES!Thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Beautiful
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Sadness
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Incredible!
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Beyond words
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this book to anyone who is into historical fiction, as this gives great insight into the experiences of immigrants in the early 1900's NYC as well as the oppression of Jews in Russian and elsewhere during that time periodWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Beyond the Pale?
the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was as memorable as it was upsetting and difficult to read, though wonderfully written. Also the moments detailing the Pograms in Russia were painfully real, beautifully written and so tragic.Through her narration and writing you truly felt right there in the midst of the action, and you mourned the losses of loved ones right along with the main protagonist.What about Elana Dykewomon’s performance did you like?
It was so incredibly authentic... these stories could have very well been her own stories that she is passing on to me, the listenerDid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I was in tears toward the end, the factory fire... I challenge you to make it through that part of the book (after reading all of the events leading up to it) with a dry eyegreat historical fiction with a lesbian twist
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What Dykewomon does so well is vividly animate the social geography of Russian Jews during the progroms; the experience of leaving the homeland, and of labor solidarity; and finding sexual identity in the New World.
Dykewomon reads her own work so beautifully, you’ll feel like she’s telling you the story spontaneously in your ear, dishing the dirt on the characters in the neighborhood.
Leaving the Safety—and Danger—of Home
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good story with too much internal dialog
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The author also narrates the book and it’s awful.
Her voice is so monotonous.
I didn’t enjoy this book at all and my standards aren’t high at all.
Not my cup of coffee
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