When her father keels over as he’s delivering a sermon in his north London synagogue, Ronit, now a photographer in New York, returns home for his funeral. She hasn’t seen him, or anyone from her orthodox community, for 20 years or so – and she’s not welcome. Not since her father discovered she was in a sexual relationship with her best friend Esti.
Her old friend Dovid is friendly, even though she learns he’s expected to become the new rabbi. She also learns that he’s married to Esti, now a teacher in an orthodox girls’ school, and bewigged, observant and dutiful.
