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Here I am
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- ISBN: 9780735232938 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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571 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Hamish Hamilton, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
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| Subject: | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction Brothers -- Fiction Washington, (D.C.) -- Fiction |
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Summary:
"God asked Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac, and Abraham replied obediently, "Here I am." This is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. Over the course of three weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., three sons watch their parents' marriage falter and their family home fall apart. Meanwhile, a large catastrophe is engulfing another part of the world: a massive earthquake devastates the Middle East, sparking a pan-Arab invasion of Israel. With global upheaval in the background and domestic collapse in the foreground, Jonathan Safran Foer asks us: What is the true meaning of home? Can one man ever reconcile the conflicting duties of his many roles husband, father, son? And how much of life can a person ultimately bear?"
