Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou Moses, Jennifer

Jennifer Anne Moses left behind a comfortable life in the upper echelons of East Coast Jewish society to move with her husband and children to Baton Rouge, Louisiana Searching for connection to her surroundings, she decided to volunteer at an AIDS hospice But as she encountered a culture populated by French Catholics and Evangelical Christians, African Americans and Cajuns, altruistic nurses and nuns, excons, streetwalkers, impoverished AIDS patients, and healers of all stripes, she found she had embarked on an unexpected journey of profound selfdiscoveryIn a keenly observed memoir that embraces both pathos and humor, Moses takes us into a world that is strange and sad but also suffused with the holy As witness to dire poverty and extreme adversity, Moses discovers a deeper commitment to her own faithJudaism that asks not for blind belief, but rather daily commitment She recounts the challenges of taking on a life committed to God in a postmodern world that has little use for the divine Telling her story of redemption with an honesty that goes right for the guts, she leaves the reader with new hopeOutstanding Book, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for Regional Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association ISBN10: 0299224406 ISBN13: 9780299224400Material Type: hardcover