{"product_id":"the-weight-of-ink-9781328915788","title":"The Weight of Ink","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A gifted writer, astonishingly adept at nuance, narration, and the politics of passion.\"--Toni Morrison \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Ink\u003c\/i\u003e is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Helen is summoned by a former student to view a cache of newly discovered seventeenth-century Jewish documents, she enlists the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents' scribe, the elusive \"Aleph.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Electrifying and ambitious, \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Ink\u003c\/i\u003e is about women separated by centuries--and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328915788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.70d","brand":"Rachel Kadish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649015738524,"sku":"9781328915788","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_68930ed4-485f-4f12-9835-60af4050ca6f.jpg?v=1603871736","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-weight-of-ink-9781328915788","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}