The Mind-Body Problem Book

I'd call this book anti-frum, except that the protagonist, a grown woman off the derech, has such an empty life, it's just as much an indictment of the secular world as it is the world she left behind. The title comes from the classic problem of philosophy: are humans just the sum of their biological processes or does the mind have a metaphysical existence? The protagonist, a graduate student in Philosophy, grapples with a derivative of the question in her own life and marriage: is it only about my body? Since the answer seems to be yes, she looks at her frum relatives with envy, understanding at least that they live with real meaning.

I'm upping this book to 4 because it's well-written, well-characterized, and has stuck in my memory even though I read it years ago. It was formerly a 2 because I couldn't get past my prejudice against the protagonist and her (im)moral choices, but I'm older now and more inclined to be forgiving.