Description: Shmutz is the first novel from Felicia Berliner, an American author and creativity and professional development coach.
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In this witty and provocative debut novel, a young Hasidic woman on a quest to get married fears she will never find a groom because of her secret addiction to porn.
Like the other women in her ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn 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. From combative visits with her shrink to the arranged dates where something always seems to go wrong, Raizl must balance her growin