And never-not since the memoirs of Mary Karr-has the connection between self-destruction and family dysfunction been so tangible and clear. 'Never before has rebellion been so sweetly rendered. 'Visceral and uplifting.' - The Daily Beast The finest example of this sort of memoir yet.' - Flavorwire familiarizes, rather than exoticizes, the life she's led.

'As thoughtful and heroic as it is gripping and tragic.

'Painfully raw.' - Susannah Cahalan, New York Post engrossing and so thoughtfully written, and never mocks the traditions and values of a culture that few of us can fully comprehend.'. 'A sometimes-sweet, sometimes-harrowing memoir by a smart, passionate ultra-Orthodox girl. Her book should be read, not just as a warning of the very real dangers of the world, but also of the price to be paid when, in the name of religion, people forget humanity.' - The Wall Street Journal Through Leah's eyes, we confront not only the oppressive world of religious fundamentalism, but also the broader issues that face even the most secular young women as they grapple with sexuality and identity. Fast-paced, mesmerizing, and brutally honest, Cut Me Loose tells the story of one woman's harrowing struggle to define herself as an individual. She spent the next few years using her sexuality as a way of attracting the male approval she had been conditioned to seek out as a child, while becoming increasingly unfaithful to the religious dogma of her past. Cast out in New York City, without a father or husband tethering her to the Orthodox community, Leah was unprepared to navigate the freedoms of secular life. Afraid, in part, that her behavior would affect the marriage prospects of their other children, they put her on a plane and cut off ties.

But the tradition-bound future Leah envisioned for herself was cut short when, at sixteen, she was caught exchanging letters with a male friend, a violation of religious law that forbids contact between members of the opposite sex. As the daughter of an influential rabbi, Leah and her ten siblings were raised to worship two things: God and the men who ruled their world. Leah Vincent was born into the Yeshivish community, a fundamentalist sect of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. In the vein of Prozac Nation and Girl, Interrupted, an electrifying memoir about a young woman's promiscuous and self-destructive spiral after being cast out of her ultra-Orthodox Jewish family

Cut me loose by leah vincent