{"title":"Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Fiction collection. 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Following the murder of his mother during a burglary in 2000, and the subsequent breakdown and death of his father, Borbély suffered from post-traumatic depression and tragically ended his own life in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the manuscripts that Borbély left behind was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKafka’s Son\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a fragmentary work, rendered still more fragmented through the author’s death. Through a series of haunting passages that explore early twentieth-century Prague, including the ruins of the ancient Jewish ghetto during the time of its demolition, Borbély inscribes the story of Franz Kafka and his father onto the city. We are used to hearing from Franz; here Hermann Kafka is also given a voice. “The son,” he tells us, “is the life of the father. The father is the death of the son.” By extension, then, this book is also an indirect telling of the story of Borbély and his father, and about sons and fathers in the Habsburg empire and the culture of brutality that defined Eastern Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53361850679605,"sku":"hmt1787285402160","price":19.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/kafkas-son-by-szilard-borbely_1.jpg?v=1787285407"},{"product_id":"my-mothers-son-by-david-hirshberg","title":"My Mother's Son by David Hirshberg","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Hirshberg's debut novel packs both emotional punch and a vivid portrait of Jewish American life in post-WWII Boston. . . . 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From the opening line of the book, \"When you're a kid, they don't always tell you the truth,\" the stage is set for this riveting coming-of-age story that plays out against the backdrop of the Korean War, the aftermath of the Holocaust, the polio epidemic, the relocation of a baseball team, and the shenanigans of politicians and businessmen. 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His father lives with his new wife in a ten-room house and has no interest in Seth and his siblings. 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At the same time, he emotionally isolates himself from all those who love him, especially his mother. But Ruth is also Seth’s muse, and this enables him to ultimately find redemption, for both himself and his family.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"RNDM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53361852219701,"sku":"pds1787285413046","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/stranger-on-the-planet-by-adam-schwartz_1.jpg?v=1787285418"},{"product_id":"prodigal-children-in-the-house-of-g-d-by-yermiyahu-ahron-taub","title":"Prodigal Children in the House of G-d by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProdigal Children in the House of G-d explores themes of family, community, and exile largely from ultra-Orthodox Jewish and\/or queer perspectives. Eschewing references to specific locations, the stories vibrate in a mysterious present steeped in connections to a past that threatens to overwhelm. The protagonists navigate religious tradition as they take steps to reshape their lives in startling ways, often at great personal risk. An elderly woman living alone remembers a long-ago love. A holiday abroad changes the lives of a mother and daughter forever. In the concluding story, a married Torah scholar encounters romance in an unexpected quarter. A note on transliteration and pronunciation and a glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms appear at the end of the book. The book includes two pairs of interlocking stories. The author of six volumes of poetry, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub brings a quiet lyricism to his debut collection of short stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"YBC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53361852285237,"sku":"gwg1787285413167","price":11.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/prodigal-children-in-the-house-of-g-d-by-yermiyahu-ahron-taub_1.jpg?v=1787285418"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-mischief-new-and-selected-stories-by-steve-stern","title":"The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories by Steve Stern","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003ehe Book of Mischief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etriumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern's stories take us from the unlikely old Jewish quarter of the Pinch in Memphis to a turn-of-the-century immigrant community in New York; from the market towns of Eastern Europe to a down-at-the-heels Catskills resort. Along the way we meet a motley assortment of characters: Mendy Dreyfus, whose bungee jump goes uncannily awry; Elijah the prophet turned voyeur; and the misfit Zelik Rifkin, who discovers the tree of dreams. Perhaps it's no surprise that Kafka's cockroach also makes an appearance in these pages, animated as they are by instances of bewildering transformation. The earthbound take flight, the meek turn incendiary, the powerless find unwonted fame. Weaving his particular brand of mischief from the wondrous and the macabre, Stern transforms us all through the power of his brilliant imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"ING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53361852416309,"sku":"ytv1787285414045","price":15.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/the-book-of-mischief-new-and-selected-stories-by-steve-stern_1.jpg?v=1787285419"},{"product_id":"wherever-you-go-by-joan-leegant","title":"Wherever You Go by Joan Leegant","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYona Stern has traveled from New York to Israel to make amends with her estranged sister, a stoic ideologue and mother of five who has dedicated herself to the radical West Bank settlement cause. 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Desperate for approval, Aaron finds a home on the violent fringe of Israeli society, with unforeseen and devastating consequences.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a sweeping, beautifully written story, Joan Leegant, winner of the PEN New England Book Award and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, weaves together three lives caught in the grip of a volatile and demanding faith. Emotionally wrenching and unmistakably timely, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWherever You Go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e shines a light on one of the most disturbing elements in Israeli society: Jewish extremist groups and their threat to the modern, democratic state. 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Danger is never far from them, however, and they are forced into a series of escapes and changes of identity. Fink excels at locating the tiny details that carry fatal consequences: Polish factory workers, suspecting the sisters, challenge them to sing Christmas carols; a farmhand doesn't contradict the narrator's claim to be an experienced milkmaid even when he sees the raw blisters on her hands; the narrator, still posing as a peasant, must concoct a cover story after she impulsively plays Chopin's ``Polonaise'' on the piano. The author's restrained, unsurprised tones suggest how routine, how everyday the brutalities of the Nazi regime must have seemed, even to its victims. 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Hidden in the hayloft day and night, Shira struggles to stay still and quiet, as music pulses through her and the farmyard outside beckons. To soothe her daughter and pass the time, Róza tells her a story about a girl in an enchanted garden:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this make-believe world, Róza can shield Shira from the horrors that surround them. 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He put his arm out to block Ernie Lam from going any further.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Why is the electricity on?\" Mike wondered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"I don't know,\" Ernie shrugged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"The phone is disconnected. The water is off. There's a month's worth of dirty dishes in the sink. The place hasn't seen a vacuum cleaner since who-knows-when? And there's enough mail in the box to fill a post office. Does it look like they're coming back to you?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"No,\" Ernie had to admit. \"It doesn't.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Then why?\" Mike asked again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"How should I know? Anyway, what's the big deal? You're not paying the bill. Why do you care?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     Mike turned around and headed for the kitchen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Where are you going?\" Ernie asked, dogging his heels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     Mike had strong reservations as he stepped back into the kitchen and stood in front of the refrigerator. He hadn't noticed before but the shelves from inside had been placed on either side of the refrigerator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"What's goin' on?\" Ernie asked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Do you have a weak stomach?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Naw. Cast iron. Why do you ask?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"You may not want to see this.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"See what?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     Like a grand showman, Mike opened the door and held out his hand. On display, inside of the refrigerator, the lady of the house, in the flesh.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Ernie Lam, meet Regina Randell.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     In her day, Regina Randell had been a remarkably handsome woman. Now, stuffed in the refrigerator, she looked like something out of the horror comics. Her pale flesh was stretched across her skull like plastic wrap. Her lips, if you could call them that, were invisible and her opened eyes looked like marbles swimming in smoke.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eThe bodies are stacking up. Children are dying all over the city. And Mike Lawson and Annie O'Grady are right in the middle of the action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eRight where they belong.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53363683164469,"sku":"azf1787292270708","price":17.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53363683197237,"sku":"vvf1787292270709","price":26.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/the-cheap-smell-of-murder-a-mike-lawson-mystery_1.jpg?v=1787292276"},{"product_id":"love-and-second-acts-a-novel","title":"Love and Second Acts - A Novel","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eLove and Second Acts - A Novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eLewis J. Stadlen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e368 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eISBN \u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e9798905350559\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e paperback \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eISBN 9798905350566 hardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eJoseph Solomon, a retired actor of rarefied fame, who has taught at a prestigious acting conservatory in North Carolina, is contacted by his most talented acting student who he has not heard from in twenty-four years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e\"Remember me?\" arrives a text from out of the blue. \"I am acting again. I will be performing at the Flint (Michigan) Repertory Theatre. Please come and see me. I will pay for your hotel.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLove.... Alexandra McGuffey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eIntrigued, Joseph Solomon takes a memorable seven-hundred mile road trip to a city notorious for its corporate maleficence and poisoned water supply. Upon his arrival he is delighted to be reunited with his three favorite acting students who have made the trip from as far as Brooklyn, Miami and Whitby, England. All of whom have long abandoned their passionate dream of setting the American theatre on fire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eBecca Kaplan, a recent cancer surviver who has been recuperating at the Palm Island, Miami home of her celebrity, TV journalist mother, Sheila Turang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eLilli Brown, an admissions nurse at Coney Island Hospital. Unhappily married to an ambitious writer on Saturday Night Live. Mother of two children ages seven and eleven.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eKate Brodie, a world-class English novelist suffering an extended period of writers block in North Yorkshire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eAll three woman suffering the complexities of encroaching middle-age. The TV journalist and the retired actor contemplating the final chapter of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eLEWIS J STADLEN is the author of two acclaimed theatrical memoir's, ACTING FOOLISH and SAVE ME A SEAT, On the Road with Hello Dolly! He has performed in fourteen Broadway shows including, The Producers, The Sunshine Boys, The Front Page, The Nance, Fish in the Dark, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Minnie's Boys and has been nominated for Tony Awards for Candide and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He has taught acting at the Stella Adler Studio and the North Carolina School of the Arts. 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