Book Title: Here I Am
ISBN: 9781250147028
By Author(s):FOER JONATHAN SAFRAN
By Publisher:HOLTZBRINCK US
Format:PB
Longlisted for the 2017 International Dylan Thomas Prize
Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . .
By Jacob's grandfather, who won't go quietly into a retirement home. By the family reunion that everyone is dreading. By their son's heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage. A typical modern family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike . . .
Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human withinventiveness, playfulness, and compassion, Here I Am is the great family novel for our times, a masterpiece about how we live now.