{"product_id":"half-life-jew-ish-tales-from-interfaith-homes-paperback","title":"Half\/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurel Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by authors born into the so-called \"dilemma of intermarriage,\" the stories in \u003ci\u003eHalf\/Life\u003c\/i\u003e explore the experience of being raised in a half-Jewish home. Though each essay is distinct, and the experiences are vastly different, each describes growing up without a streamlined identity, unsure of community or religious direction. From Jenny Traig, whose experiences led her to extreme devotion in the form of religious-obsessive compulsion (scrupulosity) to Thisbe Nissen, who finally felt Jewish after discovering a rosary in her boyfriend's sock drawer, these authors examine the complicated relationships they felt with the Jewish community and the world at large. By turns tragic and funny, religious and heartbreaking, angry and surprisingly familiar, \u003ci\u003eHalf\/Life\u003c\/i\u003e represents the altogether diverse memories and reflections of a handful of men and women who have spent a lifetime grappling with how to define themselves, or not. Resulting from that struggle is a complex exploration, and some truly brilliant prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurel Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels for children, two books of poems, and the editor of an anthology of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eHalf\/Life: Jewish tales from Interfaith Homes\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a former Michener-Engle Fellow, Laurel has published work in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRevealer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Letters and Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is an occasional commentator for NPR's All Things Considered, and she teaches in the MFAC program at Hamline University, and also in the creative writing department at Emory University. A Baltimore native, Laurel now lives in Atlanta (in Ormewood Park), with her family. Which is really the best part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.9 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760143368480,"sku":"9781933368245","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a7c3684697fdbf1dd7f2342ee0766d4f.webp?v=1780172707","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/half-life-jew-ish-tales-from-interfaith-homes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}