{"product_id":"9781938849824","title":"A Narrow Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortly after Orthodox Jewish Brooklynite Jacob Fischer puts his young family on a bus to visit relatives, the bus explodes in a stunning act of terrorism. HIs faith shattered, Jacob flees the comforts of his community and disappears. He lands up in a predominantly black town in rural Alabama, where he meets Rosie, the single mother of a young son. Their developing relationship, along with the rekindling of his love of music, precipitate events that will change both their lives. This debut novel is a powerful page-turner that follows a complex man on a journey of salvation after tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ.J. Gesher \u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name for co-authors Joyce Gittlin and Janet B. Fattal. Together, Janet and Joyce have won several prestigious screenwriting awards, including the Geller Prize and the Screenwriting Award at the Austin Film Festival. Their first screenwriting collaboration was produced as a Lifetime Television feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoyce Gittlin \u003c\/b\u003e has written and directed such television shows as \u003ci\u003eWings\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eFrasier\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eEverybody Loves Raymond \u003c\/i\u003e and has written more than ten feature films for Disney, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox. She has an MFA from NYU.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJanet B. Fattal \u003c\/b\u003e has a masters in Comparative Literature from UCLA and has taught literature and writing at the college level. The editor of several memoirs, Janet leads many Los Angeles–area book groups, including for the Skirball Cultural Center, Hadassah, and the Brandeis alumni association. The co-authors both live in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prospect Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051571888368,"sku":"9781938849824","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938849824_p0.jpg?v=1763663879","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938849824","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}