{"product_id":"no-takebacks-patty-friedmann-9780984914630","title":"No Takebacks","description":"\u003cp\u003eOtto Fisher has ADHD. He's also adopted. At thirteen, he never thought much about where he came from until his seventh-grade teacher at the prestigious St. Michael's school in New Orleans asks her class to write about an ancestor. Each student must perform their piece in a school play. Otto's adoptive mother, whom he adores, helps him write about one of her ancestors, who was in the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOtto's story is the most moving of all--but not for his father, a college English professor who is also a racist and an anti-Semite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe play triggers a series of conflicts in the Fisher household, culminating in Otto's father beating his mother. Otto's older sister, Ada, stops the fight. Then their father moves out. Which leaves Otto torn between the mother and sister he adores and the father he desperately needs. When he goes to visit his father, a series of events forces everyone in the Fisher family to question the meaning of family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this funny, bittersweet, poignant and thoroughly engaging short novel, Otto narrates the story of his young life with humor, grace and surprising insight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patty Friedmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984914633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984914630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tiny Satchel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Patty Friedmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244023693567,"sku":"9780984914630","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c679c0eb-3d71-4767-aec5-fc727f9524ba.jpg?v=1758134747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-takebacks-patty-friedmann-9780984914630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}