{"product_id":"goyhood-9781771683685","title":"Goyhood","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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up in a series of increasingly surreal adventures, Mayer grapples with a God who betrayed him and an emotionally withdrawn wife in Brooklyn who has yet to learn her husband is a counterfeit Jew.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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReuven Fenton\u003c\/b\u003e has been covering breaking news for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e since 2007, and has earned national recognition for his exclusive reporting on myriad national stories. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University and Columbia University School of Journalism. \u003ci\u003eGoyhood\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Central Avenue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610109186322,"sku":"9781771683685","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ff96307-e7c8-4695-bbe3-176d8ebf7b77.jpg?v=1768303774","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/goyhood-9781771683685","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}