The show is based on the authors experiences and she's still only 33 years old so maybe leave it another decade then follow on.
The Hasidic sect/branch are still new on the block in biblical terms. I'm Jewish and the Hasidic bunch ain't good at social mingling if your not in their club.
I would say it's loosely based on the author's experience. This is her story:
Feldman says that the birth of her son was a turning point regarding staying in the Hasidic community: "I saw my future all mapped out... I freaked out at the knowledge that I have the responsibility and guilt of putting everything I saw as my oppression into an innocent person." Feldman lied to her husband saying she wanted to take business classes so she could supplement his income, and in 2006, she and her husband moved out of Williamsburg and she began to study literature at
Sarah Lawrence College in
Yonkers.
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Once in school she "made a beeline" for a college degree to connect her with the outside world. She began to speak out and "open my mind." She also began to wear jeans and high heels, breaking the strict Hasidic dress code. In 2010, she took her son, left her husband, and cut all ties with the Hasidic community.
[4] She lived for two months with friends, and consulted with lawyers to make sure she didn't lose custody of her son. As of 2012, Feldman had not seen or spoken to any of her family since 2006.
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