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Serach and Paloma—renegade daughters of two tightly insular cultures—have renounced family relationships, cherished traditions, and communal ties for the sake of their forbidden bond. They are comfortably ensconced in their loving partnership when an unexpected death, a seductive offer, and a crime bring their pasts roaring back into their lives, with devastating results. Acts of Atonement is the ongoing story of the battle between roots and desires.

In America, we're good at dividing ourselves into tribes - into "insiders" and "outsiders" - based on race, background, and beliefs. But what happens when a person is an outsider within her own tribe? Serach Gottesman, the mathematically gifted eldest daughter of a rigidly Orthodox-Jewish Boro Park family and Paloma Rodriguez, the street-smart Bronx-bred daughter of a neglectful Latina immigrant mother, seek broader vistas within a relationship that is forbidden by both of their communities.