Gather the Daughters: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Jennie Melamed

Gather the Daughters is a poignant novel, set in the 1950s in Canada, of a woman who has devoted her life to raising her four daughters and teaching them the values she believes it will take to survive in this world. The eldest daughter tells her story, while we see it through the eyes of all of her sisters.

The narrator uses a distinctive voice that is at once lyrical, light and playful. This voice brings each of the characters to life and allows their experiences to be fully felt by the reader. In addition, the narrator's choice of accents for each character adds a layer of depth to their personalities as well as giving them individual voices.

Gather the Daughters tells the story of a young Orthodox Jewish girl, Leah, who is sent to live with her aunt in Brooklyn after the death of her parents. There she begins to question her faith and decides that she wants nothing more than to be able to love and marry whomever she pleases without losing her connection or respect within her devout community. As Leah tries to navigate this new world she barely understands, she meets Adele, a woman who finds it difficult not to love and hate with equal vigor even though they come from opposite ends of their communities

This story is about a Jewish family who moves to America in the early 1900s. In their new home, they are not allowed to keep kosher and must join an all-girls school. The story follows the main character of Mila as she keeps her secret while coming to terms with an arranged marriage.

Gather the Daughters, by Jennie Melamed is a coming-of-age story set in the late 1960s. It follows protagonist Miri as she navigates through her first year of motherhood and adolescence.

We live in a world where it feels like everyone is talking about positioning feminism, but rarely has it been so personal and so intimately connected to the politics of the actual body. Gather the Daughters opens up a world that will leave you wanting more.