{"product_id":"9780312348489","title":"Autobiography of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eRebecca Nachman is a Rabbi without a synagogue. Having resigned from her dwindling congregation, she now works as a college counselor at a small Vermont college advising students about private matters and offering the \"Jewish perspective\" on issues raised at faculty dinner parties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply lonely and on the edge of losing her faith, she comes into possession of a Torah, the last relic of Czechowa, a village of Polish Jews who were exterminated by the Nazis. With the Torah, the unquiet spirits of the village dead begin to visit Rebecca. On one visit they leave a manuscript written in Hebrew and titled My Life, an autobiography by God who, like any eager author, is seeking a sympathetic reader. No one has ever finished reading the manuscript, including Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Maimonides, and Augustine. God thinks Rebecca will. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca's life is further complicated when one of her advisees-a troubled young woman who seemed on the verge of confessing something-is found murdered. As the college struggles to comprehend the tragedy and a police investigation is launched, Rebecca begins reading, and so comes to confront the central challenge to her faith in His most troubling and unlikely incarnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulius Lester's first adult novel in more than a decade, \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of God\u003c\/i\u003e marks the return of an utterly original and provocative voice in American letters, addressing religion with wicked humor and profound reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019898700016,"sku":"9780312348489","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312348489_p0.jpg?v=1763760388","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312348489","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}