{"product_id":"the-boy-walker-9781491714096","title":"The Boy Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrute Greenbaum faces challenges beyond those of ordinary 12-year-olds.\u003c\/b\u003e Faded hearing. Dimming eyesight. Bad hips. A penchant for farting. They're normal for an English Bulldog equivalent to a human centenarian and pursued by the \u003ci\u003eMalach HaMavet\u003c\/i\u003e-the Angel of Death. But they're only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA cantankerous lover of literature, rabinnic wisdom, humor and skateboarding, Brute must hold together the remnants of his shattered San Francisco family. Abbie Greenbaum, a 24-year-old dog walker, remains estranged from his college-professor father Morty more than a decade after the deaths of Abbie's sister and mother. Yet he and Morty still live in the same house.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnter Sarah-a 10-year-old with Down syndrome-and Rivka, her divorced Jewish-Chinese mother who teaches stand-up comedy and can't shake her ex, a classically trained cellist into bondage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe three Greenbaums encounter a series of trials posed by mortality, jealousy and long-buried secrets, which represent nothing-and \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e-to laugh about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Perlstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491714096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2014\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45379193700467,"sku":"9781491714096","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4977ccec-d699-47ed-956d-16a0507df2cb.jpg?v=1787238117","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-boy-walker-9781491714096","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}