Can a daughter ever truly escape her mother’s shadow?
In 1947 Lower Manhattan, fifteen-year-old Becca Rivkin shoulders the burden of providing for her ultra-Orthodox Jewish family. But no matter how hard she tries, it’s never enough for her abusive mother, Frieda. Abandoned by her father and ignored by her siblings, Becca finds solace in her older brother—until a tragic shooting shatters her world.
Desperate to break free from her mother’s oppression, Becca marries David Solomon, a secular WWII veteran battling his own demons. But when David turns violent, Becca realizes the past she tried to escape may be repeating itself.
Becoming Becca Solomon is a poignant tale of one woman’s fight for self-fulfillment and liberation from the rigid traditions of her upbringing. Can Becca break the cycle of pain and build a new life, or will she be trapped by the only world she’s ever known?
