Julia haart book8/28/2023 And with every one, my sister or mother would quip "that doesn't make sense, how did she go from A to B?" And I would flip back to the paragraph, re-read it to see if I missed something, and occasionally read the book aloud. I read it over the past weekend, and I shared snippets of her story with my family members. ![]() She labels the yeshivish "Black Hat" world as ultraOrthodox, though she does try to explain the nuance. A lot of her stories about the community she left are very familiar, and I, too, can relay similar accounts (both the good and the bad the pious and the stupid), especially things that I learned or occurred at the schools and camps that I went to. I found this glaringly obvious in a number of ways.ĭisclosure: I would say that I grew up in a similar community and have a similar educational background as her "long-sleeved" beginnings (in Brooklyn, rather than Monsey, where she was brought up and raised her children). While I found the book interesting and engaging (though parts are very very cringey), I thought it was very poorly edited. Overall it's a good audiobook for background when you're working on something else or if you were interested because of the show and wanted more details. Like she did all that reading of secular literature, but never read a book on how to do payroll? Also all her poor money decisions really stress me out. In the later parts of the book, everyone is trying to sleep with Julia or is obsessed with her and it just sounds like a lot. I think that's something you let other people call you, but don't use as a self descriptor, like "classic beauty". Certain phrases like "little did I know that this would almost lead to my undoing" or "I was against interminable odds" are used ad nauseum.Īlso I think it's weird to refer to yourself as a disrupter. Things like why she didn't take her children with her when she left are repeated over and over across multiple chapters. There is a lot of repetition and it drags quite a bit. This book is not especially well written. I've seen a lot of critics accuse Julia of lying about her lack of education, but in the memoir she explains that her schooling barely included any secular education which would prevent her from being useful in the outside world. Her stories of her life from within the Yeshivish community are so interesting (and seem to align with a lot of experiences shared by others who have left ultra orthodox branches of the jewish community.) I appreciate that she expands on things she mentioned on the show in detail in the book. That doesn't sound like a real story." I listened to the audiobook and would say the first part just sounded more genuine. The first part of the book is pretty solid, but as the book goes on you start going "Mmm I dunno if that actually happened. I give the first 2/3 of the book 3.75 stars and the last third 2.5 stars. Propulsive and unforgettable, Julia's story is the journey from a world of "no" to a world of "yes," and an inspiration for women everywhere to find their freedom, their purpose, and their voice. And now, she is the co-owner and CEO of Elite World Group, and one of the most powerful people in the fashion industry. A year later, she became creative director of La Perla, the world-leading lingerie brand. Within a week of her escape, Julia started a shoe brand, and within nine months she was at Paris for fashion week. ![]() At the age of forty-two, she finally mustered the courage to flee the fundamentalist life that was strangling her soul. She started clandestinely selling life insurance to save her "freedom" money. Giving any thought to one's appearance beyond that is considered sinful, an affront to God. In the ultra-orthodox world, clothing has one purpose: to cover the body, head to toe. When no one was looking, she'd sneak looks at fashion magazines and sketch designs for the clothes she dreamed about wearing in the world beyond her orthodox suburb. ![]() She knew that if she didn't find a way to leave, her daughters would be forced into the same unending servitude that had imprisoned her. Eventually, when Julia's youngest daughter Miriam started to question why she wasn't allowed to sing, run, or ride a bike, Julia reached a breaking point. For the next twenty-three years, he would rule her life. At nineteen, after a lifetime spent caring for her seven younger siblings, she was married off to a man she barely knew. A riveting, inspiring memoir of one woman's escape from an extremist religious sect and an extraordinary rise from housewife to shoe designer, to CEO and co-owner of the modeling agency Elite World GroupĮver since she was a child, every aspect of Julia Haart's life-what she wore, what she ate, what she thought-was controlled by the dictates of ultra-orthodox Judaism.
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