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Stealing Faith: A Novel Hardcover – March 6, 2024

by Leora Skolkin-Smith (Author)
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Allegra Gordon knew there was much she could learn from Faith Hale. From the moment she met the esteemed writer and feminist icon on the campus of New York's Abigail Stone College, Allegra understood that Faith would be a force in her life, one that would wrench the best work from her and encourage her to lay her soul bare. The relationship that evolved would simultaneously be the most liberating and most shattering Allegra ever encountered. And it would change both women in profound ways.

From political rallies in the early seventies to soaring tributes at the turn of the twenty-first century, from confidences betrayed to liberties taken to freedoms denied, from a cottage in Maine to stone buildings in Manhattan to a farmhouse in Vermont, here is a story of women's lives unfurled and of a friendship at once impossible and eternal.

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    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    The Story Plant
  4. Publication date
    March 6, 2024
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.85 x 8.6 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1611883318
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1611883312
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"What does it mean to be mentored by a genius who it turns out needs you as much as you need her? Skolkin has created an extraordinarily moving new novel, a cinematic page-turner about a young troubled writer's relationship with a literary icon and how they each end up impacting the other. Shimmering with insights about the literary world, creativity, friendship, power, illness, and the cost and fake glitter of fame, Stealing Faith is about what we truly need to become―and to help others become―our truest selves." -- Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling novelist of With or Without You, Pictures of You, Cruel Beautiful World, Days of Wonder

“Skolkin-Smith (Edges: O Israel, O Palestine) spins a resonant, beautifully told coming-of-age story focusing on feminism, mental health, and grief . . . With two flawed and complex women coming to full life on the pages, this is an emotional story that is raw and revelatory, digging deep into the complexities these two face within themselves, each other, and in society. Takeaway: A raw and gripping novel of obsession, connection, and a feminist awakening in the 1970s.” ― BookLife

“Skolkin-Smith's prose is sharp and often surprising.” ― Kirkus Reviews

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Leora Skolkin-Smith was born in Manhattan in 1952 and spent her childhood between Pound Ridge, New York, and Israel, traveling with her family to her mother's birthplace in Jerusalem every three years. Edges, her first novel, won the 2008 Earphones Award for an original audio production narrated by Tovah Feldshuh. It is currently in preproduction as a feature film titled, The Fragile Mistress, produced by Triboro Pictures. She is also the author of the novel Hystera, which won a Global E-book Award and was a finalist for an International Book Award and an Indie Excellence Award. Stealing Faith is her third novel.



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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Story Plant (March 6, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1611883318
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1611883312
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.85 x 8.6 inches
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Leora Skolkin-Smith's new novel HYSTERA is the winner of this year's Global E-Books Award and the 2012 USA Book Awards. Hystera is published by Fiction Studio Books, Lou Aronica, Publisher.HYSTERA has also been awarded as a Finalist in Literary Fiction in the 2012 International Book Awards, and the National Indie Excellence Awards.

Ms. Skolkin-Smith was born in Manhattan in 1952, and spent her childhood between Pound Ridge, New York, and Israel, traveling with her family to her mother's birthplace in Jerusalem every three years. She earned her BA and MFA and was awarded a teaching fellowship for graduate work, all at Sarah Lawrence.

Her first published novel, EDGES was edited and published by the late Grace Paley for Ms. Paley's own imprint at Glad Day books. EDGES was nominated for the 2006 PEN/Faulkner Award by Grace Paley. Recently, her work has been chosen by Princeton University and the Department of the Humanities for their series: "Fertile Crescent Moon: Stories from the Middle East Diaspora."

THE FRAGILE MISTRESS, a feature film based on EDGES, is currently in pre-production, scheduled to begin shooting on location in Jerusalem, Jordan, and New York, produced by Triboro Pictures, directed by Michael Gunther. http://www.thefragilemistress.com

Excerpts from HYSTERA were first published by Persea Books, and recently appeared in The Hamilton Stone Review. Recent publications include a piece from THE FRAGILE MISTRESS, which appeared in Guernica Magazine in 2010.

She was recently a panelist, at MAINE READS, The Haitian Cultural International Book Festival, The Miami International Book Fair, The Virginia Festival of the Book, and The National Women's Association. She is currently a contributing editor to readysteadybook.com. and her critical essays have been published in The Washington Post, The National Book Critic's Circle's Critical Mass, Conversational Reading, the Quarterly Review, and other places.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A magnificent piece of writing
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023
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I am nearly finished reading this masterpiece and deeply moved as I write my impression. Stealing Faith, in part, is a narrative that deals with universal issues such as the need for affirmation and the way one sees themselves versus the way they are seen by others. The story is a riveting look at a woman in college who aspires to be a writer. The reader is taken on a journey of her struggles to validate her abilities through celebrated authors who are instructors at her college. The description of her travails gives us a view of an inner life that is riveting. The writing is stunningly descriptive. So much of Stealing Faith is a psychological deep dive into the protagonist on a granular level but also about the struggle on a global level struggle of the human condition of the need we all share, to be accepted by others and ourselves, and the desire to not give in to our worst emotional predilections. To give the world such a magnificent piece of writing is a testament to the fortitude it takes to do the hard work to turn inspiration into powerful art. Wow!
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Caroline Leavitt
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant writing, from someone who was published by Grace Paley herself
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2023
This is a genius work, about how a strong female mentor, a fictionalized version of Grace Paley, mentors a fragile young woman, and how both of them grow, and change, through the relationship. A snapshot of the 70s, the beginning of feminism, and the tumultuous times, Stealing Faith is written so beautifully, I was stopped to underline and reread sentences. This is the work of a master.
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