{"product_id":"goyhood","title":"Goyhood","description":"NOW IN PAPERBACK!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReuven Fenton''s novel Goyhood 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 The Chosen meets Planes,Trains and Automobiles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e 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up in a series of increasingly surreal adventures, Mayer grapples with a God who betrayed him and an emotionally withdrawn wife in Brooklyn who has yet to learn her husband is a counterfeit Jew.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":"Central Avenue Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57077472166223,"sku":"9781771683968","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781771683968_1-goyhood.jpg?v=1771562052","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/goyhood","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}