{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-god-9780312348489","title":"The Autobiography of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eRebecca Nachman is a Rabbi without a synagogue. Having resigned from her dwindling congregation, she now works as a college counselor at a small Vermont college advising students about private matters and offering the \"Jewish perspective\" on issues raised at faculty dinner parties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply lonely and on the edge of losing her faith, she comes into possession of a Torah, the last relic of Czechowa, a village of Polish Jews who were exterminated by the Nazis. With the Torah, the unquiet spirits of the village dead begin to visit Rebecca. On one visit they leave a manuscript written in Hebrew and titled My Life, an autobiography by God who, like any eager author, is seeking a sympathetic reader. No one has ever finished reading the manuscript, including Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Maimonides, and Augustine. God thinks Rebecca will. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca's life is further complicated when one of her advisees-a troubled young woman who seemed on the verge of confessing something-is found murdered. As the college struggles to comprehend the tragedy and a police investigation is launched, Rebecca begins reading, and so comes to confront the central challenge to her faith in His most troubling and unlikely incarnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulius Lester's first adult novel in more than a decade, \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of God\u003c\/i\u003e marks the return of an utterly original and provocative voice in American letters, addressing religion with wicked humor and profound reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312348489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.56w x 0.66d","brand":"Julius Lester","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635841953948,"sku":"9780312348489","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6e41e84a-be2e-4483-af98-f89004e8a6c2.jpg?v=1603840679","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-autobiography-of-god-9780312348489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}