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Title: Good writing, mediocre research
Review: The author's subject matter is fascinating. Alas, the author has no knowledge of the matter she is writing about. Her Sepharadic / Italian characters speak with Ashkenazi accents, furthermore she describes acts that are an religious abominations. The leverite marriage she describes is impossible. A brother would not and could not marry the widow of his brother if she already had children from the deceased brother! Where were her advisors? Where were her editors? The work reads well, however the author has no knowledge of the people she is writing about.
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