The book “Kissing Kosher” by Jean Maltzer it´s about the best kosher bakery in Brooklyn, New York City. Avital the granddaughter of the owner of the bakery because of pelvic pain was forced to let her dream of photography go and work in the bakery. She needed some help and hired a guy called Ethan to whom she was attracted and he was attracted to her, but he was undercover for his grandparent, and that’s because the grandfather of Avital betrayed him a long time ago.
Dr. Prikh hesitated. Avital took a deep breath. She was ready to fight for her needs. “The thing is, we’re super busy at the bakery right now…and I have all these extra responsibilities.. and I just can’t afford to be in this much pain right now. It’s ruining my life. It’s ruining everything. And I just think if I could maybe have a few more pills so I can get through this flare. I think it would help an awful lot.” She stopped herself there. The worst thing a pain patient could be labeled as a drug seeker. Even though, in her mind, all she could think was help me, please. Help me feel better. See me as a human being, as a person just like you, and help me find some semblance of a life again. I have done everything right. (p. 112)
I choose this quotation because we can see that she is not happy in her life, that she can’t do the things that she likes, and that she is exposed to really hurtful pelvic pain that is taking her backward in her life. She wants to be better for herself and her family but she can’t.