The definitive follow-up to Unorthodox (the basis for the award-winning Netflix series) now
updated with more than 50 percent new material the unforgettable story of what happened in the
years after Deborah Feldman left a religious sect in Williamsburg in order to forge her own
path in the world. In 2009 at the age of twenty-three Deborah Feldman packed up her young son
and their few possessions and walked away from her insular Hasidic roots. She was determined to
find a better life for herself away from the oppression and isolation of her Satmar upbringing
in Williamsburg Brooklyn. And in Exodus Revisited she delves into what happened next taking
the reader on a journey that starts with her beginning life anew as a single mother a
religious refugee and an independent woman in search of a place and a community where she can
belong. Originally published in 2014 Deborah has now revisited and significantly expanded her
story and the result is greater insight into her quest to discover herself and the true
meaning of home. Travels that start with making her way in New York expand into an exploration
of America and eventually lead to trips across Europe to retrace her grandmother s life during
the Holocaust before she finds a landing place in the unlikeliest of cities. Exodus Revisited
is a deeply moving examination of the nature of memory and generational trauma and of
reconciliation with both yourself and the world.
