A book cover featuring a woman with long hair flipping her head back, surrounded by colorful, out-of-focus lights. The title reads, “A Place for People Like Us” and the author’s name, Danila Botha, is at the bottom.

Publisher:
Guernica Editions

Publication Date:
09/29/2025

Copyright Date:
N/A

ISBN:
9781771839808

Binding:
Paperback

U.S. SRP:
21.95

A Place for People Like Us

By Danila Botha

A book cover featuring a woman with long hair flipping her head back, surrounded by colorful, out-of-focus lights. The title reads, “A Place for People Like Us” and the author’s name, Danila Botha, is at the bottom.
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In A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US, author Danila Botha shines a compelling light onto Toronto’s elite Orthodox Jewish community through the eyes of Hannah, a damaged young woman searching for belonging and identity. After meeting Naftali Goldwater and discussing marriage, Hannah decides to convert to Orthodox Judaism, believing she can rely on her best friend, Jillian, also from an Orthodox background, for support.

With a darkly intense and dysfunctional relationship triangle at its heart, Botha explores additional weighty issues, including abuse, addiction, and mental health. Candid, insightful, and gripping, with a sharply twisting plot and convincing, conflicted characters, A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US is a brutally good read.

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