In Unorthodox, Netflix’s latest miniseries, a young woman born and raised in Brooklyn’s tight-knit Hasidic Jewish community flees to Germany from her home and loveless marriage. However, her past life soon follows.

Based on Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, the four-part show follows Esther “Esty” Shaprio (Shira Haas), a 19-year-old Satmar Jew living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and trapped in an arranged marriage. Her marriage is on shaky ground, as a year has passed without consummation of the union, making the couple unable to start a family. When she reaches a crisis point, discovering her pregnancy on the same day that her husband asks for a divorce, Esty flees her home and community to fly to Berlin, where her mother has been living for years.