{"product_id":"9781771683685","title":"Goyhood","description":"Author: Reuven Fenton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781771683685\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Central Avenue Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book club darling, this is a brilliant debut about a devoutly Orthodox Jewish man who discovers in middle age that he's not, in fact, Jewish, and embarks on a remarkable road trip to come to grips with his fate; it's Chaim Potok's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Chosen \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003emeets \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlanes, Trains and Automobiles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWhen Mayer (née Marty) Belkin fled small-town Georgia for Brooklyn nearly thirty years ago, he thought he'd left his wasted youth behind. Now he's a Talmud scholar married into one of the greatest rabbinical families in the world - a dirt-poor country boy reinvented in the image of God.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n But his mother's untimely death brings a shocking revelation: Mayer and his ne'er-do-well twin brother David aren't, in fact, Jewish. Traumatized and spiritually bereft, Mayer's only recourse is to convert to Judaism. But the earliest date he can get is a week from now. What are two estranged brothers to do in the interim?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n So begins the Belkins' Rumspringa through America's Deep South with Mom's ashes in tow, plus two tagalongs: an insightful Instagram influencer named Charlayne Valentine and Popeye, a one-eyed dog. As the crew gets tangled up in a series of increasingly surreal adventures, Mayer grapples with a God who betrayed him and an emotionally withdrawn wife in Brooklyn who has yet to learn her husband is a counterfeit Jew. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46594830434462,"sku":"HPC-9781771683685","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781771683685.jpg?v=1773115760","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781771683685","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}