Alice, Texas
I am in tears after finishing Uncovered. Leah, it is stunning. You wrote your story honestly, compassionately, and skillfully. It is a grand accomplishment. You are rightfully proud and—may I say this?—somewhere far beyond all earthly [...]
Susan, Colorado
I am in Telluride, Colorado where I have just spent the last few hours in The High Alpine Cafe finishing Leah Lax's newly published memoirUncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home*. I am [...]
Linda, Texas
Your book arrived today! The writing is very beautiful, even poetic, but I can see that it will be very hard to read. I had not relived my orthodox wedding until I read your wedding account. Mine [...]
Sarah, California
I cannot put it down. I find it very moving and brave. Thank you for speaking your truth and sharing your story. I used to walk to the Hasidic rabbi’s house when I was in high [...]
Rabbi Debbie, California
I woke up distressed after spending more time with your book than I should have before the holidays. I owe you an apology. Love your neighbor as yourself. You were my neighbor back then and I [...]
Alan, Galveston
Your book arrived Wednesday and I finished it last night. What an incredible memoir! Terrific writing, generous, heartfelt. Bold and sensitive. I could go on and on. After I finished it, the word "individuation" came to [...]
Abortion in the Name of God
The following was in Dame Magazine on October 2, 2014: I had an abortion, when I was a covered woman in a fundamentalist community. I live in Texas. I thought about that recently when U.S. [...]
Why do I write? I don’t.
Thanks to Anna B. Sutton, writer & co-founder of Porch Writers’ Collective, for inviting me to be part of her blog tour. Anna was born in Nashville and received her BFA from the Appalachian Center for [...]
Getting a (writing) life
Let me get this clear: if I hadn’t turned to writing, there’s no way I would have been able to change my life. Writers often stumble onto this phenomenon—how studying this impossible craft has an [...]