Long listed for the Man Booker Prize 2013
19 year-old Chani lives in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of north west London. She has never had physical contact with a man, but is bound to marry a stranger. The Rabbi’s wife teaches her what it means to be a Jewish wife, but Rivka has her own questions to answer. Soon buried secrets, fear and sexual desire bubble to the surface in a story of liberation and choice; not to mention what happens on her wedding night...