{"product_id":"9783988322005","title":"36","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eUnfolds like a legend, a spiritual origin story we may have dreamt or perhaps already lived\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" Anthony D'Aries, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Language of Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the summer of 1984. Ronald Reagan is in the White House, the cellphone has yet to be invented, and the Weiss family operates like a well-oiled, three-ring circus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its center is Maxine-middle-aged, tireless, and in control-the ringleader who keeps everything in motion. She juggles the needs of everyone around her: a mother newly moved into the in-law apartment of her three-story home, a husband in need of new knees, and an ever-growing circle of friends and acquaintances who rely on her via a telephone that tethers her to the house with impossibly long cords. Above all, she cares for her most important responsibility-her intellectually challenged daughter, Shira, an innocent with a sweet disposition that leaves her vulnerable in a cruel world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxine keeps all the plates spinning, certain that if one should fall, her eldest daughter, Shellie, will be there to catch it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Shellie returns home, she comes with a mission of her own: to break her mother's heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against an ancient Talmudic legend of thirty-six people responsible for the survival of humankind, \u003cem\u003e36\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful story of obligation versus choice-of embracing one's destiny or daring to escape it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vine Leaves Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48078516879601,"sku":"9783988322005","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9783988322005_p0.jpg?v=1776979474","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783988322005","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}