The Secret That Is Not a Secret

A provocative collection of interconnected tales, bridging the worlds of mysticism and heresy, faith and desire—from the award-winning author of Everything Is God and The Heresy of Jacob Frank.

The Secret That Is Not a Secret: Ten Heretical Tales invites you into a hidden world of faith, desire, queerness, transgression, and revelation. The inhabitants of its interlocking stories are pious and rebellious, sensual and mystical—from a Hasidic woman tormented by her husband’s long beard to a closeted gay man repenting of his sins in the mikva. The first book of fiction by bestselling writer Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, The Secret That Is Not a Secret is a remarkable, occasionally shocking work of literary fiction, infused with themes of Kabbalah, eros, and revelation.