{"product_id":"mr-wizard-jeff-wallach-9781948598309","title":"Mr. Wizard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The writing is knowing and engaging, wise about its cultural orientations, and driven to discoveries both reassuring and life-enhancing.\"-Michael Curtis, Fiction Editor Emeritus, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jeff Wallach is a prodigiously gifted writer-insightful, funny, and always surprising. \u003ci\u003eMr. Wizard\u003c\/i\u003e twists and turns like a double helix. When you finish, you'll want to go back to the very first page and experience it all over again, just to see how Wallach pulled it off.\"-Terri Cheney, author of New York Times bestseller, \u003ci\u003eManic: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo brothers. One mother. One big question.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo days before her death, Jenny Elliot suggests to her fifty-year-old son Phillip that, being half Irish, he should be more careful about his drinking. Phillip, along with his brother Spencer, has grown up believing they were the fully Jewish-American offspring of Jenny and her late husband who died in the Vietnam War. Was his mother uttering some dementia-inspired fantasy, or was her true character shining through in her last moments to leave the brothers a clue to their real heritage? After her death, Phillip decides to take a DNA test.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe brothers set off on a genetic treasure hunt in search of who they really are-and what that might mean. Are they purely products of their genetics; or were they formed more completely by their social interactions and upbringing? Are they merely victims of randomness; or are they some combination of those factors? And who, exactly, is Mr. Wizard?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Wallach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948598302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948598309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Books Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Jeff Wallach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995898577151,"sku":"9781948598309","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb5a9797-a89f-496f-a78c-ac1f8ff190b9.jpg?v=1683338512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mr-wizard-jeff-wallach-9781948598309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}