{"product_id":"casting-lots-creating-a-family-in-a-beautiful-broken-world-9780306824616","title":"Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World","description":"Susan Silverman grew up with parents who were, both before and after a devastating loss, atheists. Yet, as a young adult, she shocked everyone who knew her (\u003ci\u003eBut you were elected Class Flirt in high school!\u003c\/i\u003e) and became a rabbi. What was not surprising, however, was that she built her own big, unwieldy family through both birth and adoption, something she had intended from childhood. With three daughters and two sons (\u003ci\u003eWe produce girls and import boys\u003c\/i\u003e), this unique family becomes a metaphor for the world's contradictions and complexities-a microcosm of the tragedy and joy, hope and despair, cruelty and compassion, predictability and absurdity of this world we all live in. A meditation on identity, faith, and belonging-one that's as funny as it is moving-\u003ci\u003eCasting Lots\u003c\/i\u003e will resonate with anyone who has struggled to find their place in the world and to understand the significance of that place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Silverman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306824616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Silverman\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, activist and speaker. She has written for and appeared in the \u003ci\u003eForward\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Al Jazeera, and CNN, among others. She speaks on social justice issues, including partnering with her sister, comedian Sarah Silverman, to address issues and ideas of common concern, most recently at Lincoln Center as part of Tina Brown's \"Women in the World\" conference. She is the co-author, with her husband, of \u003ci\u003eJewish Family \u0026amp; Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42878162206835,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":43.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e1128bfe-2ac1-4f13-af95-cca8f0f78ee7.jpg?v=1740655908","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/casting-lots-creating-a-family-in-a-beautiful-broken-world-9780306824616","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}