{"product_id":"the-house-of-moses-all-stars-charley-rosen-9781609803711","title":"The House of Moses All-Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the story of an all-Jewish basketball team traveling in a hearse through Depression-era America in search of redemption and big money. A hilarious road novel, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is also a passionate portrayal of a young Jewish man struggling to realize his dreams in a country struggling to recover its ideals. Charley Rosen gives us basketball as a metaphor for life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAaron Steiner, the protagonist of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, is a man very close to the edge. The former college basketball star has watched his dreams of being a successful player fall apart, his marriage disintegrate, and his baby die. In desperation he accepts his friend's offer to join a Jewish professional basketball team--The House of Moses All-Stars--which is traveling on a cross-country tour in a renovated hearse. Aaron's teammates--a Communist, a Zionist, a former bank robber, and a red-headed Irishman who passes for a Jew--are, like Aaron, trying to escape their own troubled pasts. As the members of this motley crew travel west to California through an anti-Semitic land that disdains and rebuffs them, they discover a nation grappling with social and economic collapse and fear of foreigners, in conflict with its own democratic ideals of tolerance and opportunity. Told with a rueful eye, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e looks critically and lovingly at what it means to be an outsider in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charley Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160980371X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609803711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.55w x 1.34d","brand":"Charley Rosen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579810136319,"sku":"9781609803711","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11da45eb-f84c-4b92-9e55-4707524617a0.jpg?v=1763876807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-house-of-moses-all-stars-charley-rosen-9781609803711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}