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Felicia Berliner

Biography

Felicia Berliner

Felicia Berliner has an MFA from Columbia University. SHMUTZ is her first novel.

Felicia Berliner

Books by Felicia Berliner

by Felicia Berliner - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Like the other women in her Brooklyn Hasidic community, Raizl expects to find a husband through an arranged marriage. Unlike the other women, Raizl has a secret. With a hidden computer to help her complete her college degree, she falls down the slippery slope of online pornography. As Raizl dives deeper into the world of porn at night, her daytime life begins to unravel. Between combative visits with her shrink to complicated arranged dates, Raizl must balance her growing understanding of her sexuality with the more conventional expectations of the family she loves.