{"product_id":"the-long-way-home-miriam-kook-9781537593807","title":"The Long Way Home: Father Lost, Father Found","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the 1960s, and Miriam's Jewish parents uproot her family, transplanting the New York five-some to a thoroughly non-Jewish New Jersey suburb, seeking upward mobility. They leave behind a family history complete with grandparents who fled the Russian Revolution to find peace and security in the Jewish communities of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen disaster strikes. Just after her seventh birthday, Miriam loses her father to a sudden heart attack. Born and raised a secular Jew, Miriam is lost and alone, finding no comfort in religion-only ever-increasing financial and emotional insecurity and lack of identity. Despair follows as the family relocates back to a tiny apartment in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs she grows up, Miriam seeks comfort in sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. She meets a boy who will eventually stay by her side, but she still feels empty and adrift. She tries eastern religions, the occult, and black magic. Desperation finally leads her to open the Bible to the book of Isaiah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter her powerful encounter with the God of Israel, this first book of a planned two-part memoir ends with Miriam on the cusp of a new life with her new husband. But Miriam's real story is just beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miriam Kook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1537593803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781537593807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d","brand":"Miriam Kook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439641374975,"sku":"9781537593807","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6735a991-71eb-4b13-8e8a-dde66bd60deb.jpg?v=1777178825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-way-home-miriam-kook-9781537593807","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}