Here I Am
From the bestselling author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated and We are the Weather – a rich and moving novel about modern family lives and the ties that bind
Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . .
By Jacob’s grandfather, who won’t go quietly into a retirement home.
By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading.
By their son’s heroic attempts to get expelled.
And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage.
A typical modern American family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike . . .
Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness, playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times, an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon, a masterpiece about how we live now.
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From the bestselling author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated and We are the Weather – a rich and moving novel about modern family lives and the ties that bind
Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . .
By Jacob’s grandfather, who won’t go quietly into a retirement home.
By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading.
By their son’s heroic attempts to get expelled.
And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage.
A typical modern American family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike . . .
Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness, playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times, an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon, a masterpiece about how we live now.
Publisher: Penguin
Paperback
2017
ISBN: 9780241980255
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