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All Who Go Do Not Return

A Memoir

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All Who Go Do Not Return

By: Shulem Deen
Narrated by: Shulem Deen
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A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life and one man's struggles with faith, family, and community.

Shulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside world - only that it is to be shunned. His marriage at 18 is arranged, and several children soon follow.

Deen's first transgression - turning on the radio - is small, but his curiosity leads him to the library and, later, the Internet. Soon he begins a feverish inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs until, several years later, his faith unravels entirely. Now a heretic, he fears being discovered and ostracized from the only world he knows. His relationship with his family at stake, he is forced into a life of deception and begins a long struggle to hold on to those he loves most: his five children.

In All Who Go Do Not Return, Deen bravely traces his harrowing loss of faith while offering an illuminating look at a highly secretive world.

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Honest Memoir • Beautiful Storytelling • Compelling Narrative • Insightful Perspective • Poignant Emotions

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Okay, so another memoir narrated by the author ... a mistake, but does not detract much from the text, which is not polished. The author’s account, however, is honest and compelling, and well worth a listen.

Not perfect but worth a listen

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I was captivated from the start. Loved the narration, the poetry of the writing stayed with me. I listened to passages over and over. Beautiful

Totally enthralled

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Really lovely memoir about leaving the faith of his birth. Not only a story of leaving one's faith, but also a story of becoming a full time aware adult.

lyrical, heartbreaking, understated

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This memoir is well written. It is a glimpse behind the curtain into an insular world.

Fascinating and heartbreaking.

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A moving, fascinating look at world I knew nothing about before, and beautiful voice performance

Second Time Around, Still Amazing

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