![]() One night, Gittel sleeps over Devory’s house and witnesses Devory’s brother sexually abuse her. When Devory’s behavior suddenly changes, no one understands why – she acts out at school and when her brother visits home from Yeshiva, she wants to sleep at Gittel’s house. Narrated by a young Chassidic woman named Gittel, the story shifts back and forth to tell the story of Gittel and Devory, 9-year old best friends, and Gittel’s life as an 18-year old woman, becoming a wife and mother for the first time while dealing with a painful secret. The story takes place in the Chassidic neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn, spanning the years 1999-2008. ![]() ![]() Plot Summary : Hush is a fictional novel about the sexual abuse that takes place in insular Hasidic Jewish communities and how the communities cover this abuse up. ![]()
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