{"product_id":"a-mothers-kisses-paperback","title":"A Mother's Kisses - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Jay Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn indefatigable, irresistible, and wildly inappropriate Jewish mother takes her 17-year-old son to school in this uproarious coming-of-age comedy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tall and scattered-looking, Joseph has just graduated from high school and is ready for college. But is college ready for \u003ci\u003ehim\u003c\/i\u003e? Apparently not, judging by the rejection letter he receives from Bates and the deafening silence that greets his application to Columbia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While his friends pack their bags for schools across the country, Joseph mopes around the apartment in his bathrobe and checks the mailbox obsessively. It's enough to make his mother fear for the boy's sanity--so she resolves to take matters into her own hands. What follows is a sidesplitting series of misadventures as Meg, whom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e called \"the most unforgettable mother since Medea,\" pulls out all the stops to get her boy what he wants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Jay Friedman (1930-2020) was a novelist, short story writer, playwright, memoirist, and screenwriter. He was the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eStern \u003c\/i\u003e(1962), \u003ci\u003eA Mother's Kisses\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Guy's Book of Life \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), and\u003ci\u003e Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir \u003c\/i\u003e(2011). His best-known works of stage and screen include the off-Broadway hit \u003ci\u003eSteambath \u003c\/i\u003e(1970) and the screenplays for the films \u003ci\u003eStir Crazy \u003c\/i\u003e(1980) and \u003ci\u003eSplash \u003c\/i\u003e(1984), the latter of which received an Academy Award nomination. As editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eBlack Humor \u003c\/i\u003e(1965), Friedman helped popularize the distinctive literary style of that name in the United States and is widely regarded as one of its finest practitioners. According to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, his prose is \"a pure pleasure machine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771818410272,"sku":"9781504019590","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b4f95aecc4caf1f3f2b38b8156a4e0ae.webp?v=1780394413","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-mothers-kisses-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}