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URL:https://www.torat-el.org/events/meet-the-author-corie-adjmi-author-of-
 the-marriage-box/
SUMMARY:Meet the Author\, Corie Adjmi author of The Marriage Box
DESCRIPTION:Casey Cohen is a teenage Middle Eastern Jew in 1970s New Orlean
 s.&nbsp\; She gets mixed up with the wrong crowd and when she really gets 
 into trouble\, her parents decide to return to their roots in the Orthodox
  Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn.&nbsp\; Casey’s world is turned ups
 ide down as she tries to adjust to new experiences and new friends.&nbsp\;
  She is at first shocked by the unfamiliar culture but ends up marrying at
  eighteen\, believing she can adjust to the Syrian culture and her husband
 ’s ways.&nbsp\; Ultimately\, she is not sure she can integrate the world
  she grew up in and the world she married into.&nbsp\;\n\nCorie Adjmi is t
 he author of essays and short soties that have appeared in HuffPost\, Nort
 h American Review\, Indiana Review\, Medium\, Motherwell\, and Kveller.&nb
 sp\; Her short story collection\, Life and Other Shortcomings\,&nbsp\; won
  multiple awards.\n\nBuy your copy of her book from Bookshop.org (to suppo
 rt independent bookstores) or amazon.com.\n\nPre-Paid $15 per person/$20 a
 t the door. Please note there will be no Zoom for this program.\n\nA lovel
 y brunch will be served\n\nThis ongoing series has been made possible by a
  grant from the B’nai Sholom/Beth El Foundation.
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