{"product_id":"as-figs-in-autumn-ben-bastomski-9781953002242","title":"As Figs in Autumn: One Year in a Forever War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his final college semester, Ben awakens to read on his computer screen of the death of his classmate and childhood friend Avi. Avi's death is sudden and senseless, killed by a drunk driver on his way back to his dorm. Here begins Ben's story of coming to terms with loss and finding his way to adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 2010, with his new degree in Moral Philosophy, Ben boards a plane to Israel to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Though Ben has never held a gun, before the next summer ends, he is a trained sharpshooter. His service takes him from the Negev Desert to the Occupied Territories and Gazan border, all while finding \"home\" at a southern kibbutz where he is adopted as a brother and son. From Providence, Rhode Island to California and at last to Israel where Ben joins \u003cem\u003eMahal\u003c\/em\u003e, the special set of non-Israeli-born Jews who volunteer in the IDF, he finds family where never expected, a place of his own in the Israeli mosaic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a memoir that is both coming-of-age story and epic ballad, Bastomski's lyrically told story is intensely personal and ultimately universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Bastomski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953002242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953002242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delphinium Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.87w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"Ben Bastomski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079292907775,"sku":"9781953002242","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af6e7ad6-6769-4004-a096-7677d2938a85.jpg?v=1685480296","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-figs-in-autumn-ben-bastomski-9781953002242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}