{"product_id":"lifted-by-the-great-nothing-karim-dimechkie-9781632860606","title":"Lifted by the Great Nothing","description":"\u003cp\u003eMax lives with his father, Rasheed, and doesn't remember his mother, who was murdered by burglars before father and son were forced from Beirut to New Jersey. Rasheed is enamored of his idea of American culture--baseball and barbecues--and has tried to shed his Lebanese heritage completely: When we are in America, Reed (for he goes by Reed in America, not Rasheed) tells Max, we are Americans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRasheed has a single purpose in life: to provide Max with a joyful childhood. But sometimes his efforts do more harm than good, and when Max is seventeen, he discovers that his father has been lying to him--about everything--and their peaceful universe is destroyed. Max ventures on an uncertain mission to Beirut to find what he hadn't known was lost\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLifted by the Great Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e is a graceful book about the lengths we go to preserve the untruths we live by. With poignant relationships, unsettling misadventures, and surprising love stories, the novel is a touching and devastating portrait of a young man coming to terms with his country's--and his own--violent past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karim Dimechkie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632860600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632860606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Karim Dimechkie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939468771583,"sku":"9781632860606","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_29a78494-6d47-422f-830a-3e3d4c89ca0c.jpg?v=1681441673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lifted-by-the-great-nothing-karim-dimechkie-9781632860606","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}