Shunned by her family, she was cast out of her home, alone and adrift in New York City, unprepared for the freedoms of secular life and unaccustomed to the power and peril inherent in her own sexuality. Then, at sixteen, Leah was caught exchanging letters with a boy, violating religious law that forbids contact between members of the opposite sex. As the daughter of an influential rabbi, she was taught to worship two things: God, and the men who ruled their society. Leah Vincent was born into the Yeshivish community, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect. Through Leah's eyes, we confront not only the oppressive world of religious fundamentalism, but also the broader issues that face even the most secular young women as they grapple with sexuality and identity."Visceral and uplifting." - The Daily BeastĪ raw and electrifying memoir about a young woman’s journey from self-destruction to redemption, after cutting ties with her ultra-Orthodox Jewish familyįor fans of the television series Unorthodox and Shtisel, this brutally honest memoir tells the story of one woman’s quest to define herself as an individual. Fast-paced, mesmerizing, and brutally honest, Cut Me Loose tells the story of one woman's harrowing struggle to define herself as an individual.
She spent the next few years using her sexuality as a way of attracting the male approval she had been conditioned to seek out as a child, while becoming increasingly unfaithful to the religious dogma of her past.
Cast out in New York City, without a father or husband tethering her to the Orthodox community, Leah was unprepared to navigate the freedoms of secular life. Afraid, in part, that her behavior would affect the marriage prospects of their other children, they put her on a plane and cut off ties. But the tradition-bound future Leah envisioned for herself was cut short when, at sixteen, she was caught exchanging letters with a male friend, a violation of religious law that forbids contact between members of the opposite sex.
As the daughter of an influential rabbi, Leah and her ten siblings were raised to worship two things: God and the men who ruled their world. Leah Vincent was born into the Yeshivish community, a fundamentalist sect of ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
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