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The Unthinkable Thoughts Of Jacob Green
Joshua Braff
Plume
October 2005
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Featuring: Jacob Green
272 pages
ISBN: 0452286700
EAN: 9780452286702
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It's 1977. Jacob Green, a Jewish kid from suburban New
Jersey, sits on the stairs during his family's housewarming
party, waiting for his father, Abram--charming host,
everyone's best friend, and amateur emcee--to introduce him
to the crowd. Housewarming parties, Annie Hall parties, and
bar mitzvah parties punctuate Jacob's childhood and require
command performances by all the Green family members. But
when the confetti settles and the drapes are drawn, the
affable Abram Green becomes an egotistical tyrant whose
emotional rages rupture the lives of his family. Jacob doesn't mean to disappoint his father, but he can't
help thinking the most unthinkable (and very funny) thoughts
about public-school humiliation, Hebrew-school
disinclination, and in-home sex education (with the live-in
nanny!). If only his mother hadn't started college at
thirty-six (and fallen for her psychology professor). If
only he were more like his rebellious older brother
(suspended from Hebrew school for drawing the rabbi in a
threesome with a lobster and a pig). If only Jacob could
confront his overbearing father and tell him he doesn't want
to sing in synagogue, attend est classes, write the perfect
thank-you note, or even live in the same house with Abram
Green. But, of course, he can't. That would be unthinkable. This self-assured, comic, yet piercing first novel deftly
captures the struggle of an imperfect boy trying to become a
suitable son.
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