{"product_id":"lech-9781948954693","title":"Lech","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mother recovering from an abortion in a Borscht Belt rental. An eccentric aging landlord, haunted by a mysterious death. A grief-stricken Hasid. A scheming real estate agent looking for her break, her dogged daughter longing for her way out (specifically, a career as a human mermaid), and her addict boyfriend mired in it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese lives-strangers, neighbors, family, friends--entwine and separate over the course of one fevered upstate summer, in a haunting and hilarious debut novel by acclaimed author Sara Lippmann. In her inimitable prose, she mercilessly explores the predatory side of human nature through conflicts of faith, trauma, desire, belonging, and longing--the particulars of Judaism and feminism, parenting and partying, small-town life and big blundering dreams, as well as the timeless question: How do we carry on?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Lippmann\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eDoll Palace\u003c\/i\u003e re-released by 713 Books, and \u003ci\u003eJerks \u003c\/i\u003efrom Mason Jar Press. Her work has been honored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Small Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpiphany\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSplit Lip\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She teaches with Jericho\u003cbr\u003eWriters and lives with her family in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tortoise Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525805019410,"sku":"9781948954693","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6077335f-2c39-46ba-b13d-9995f2ad6b21.jpg?v=1731239908","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lech-9781948954693","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}