{"product_id":"feh-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Feh: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShalom Auslander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eForeskin's Lament\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of the author's attempt to escape the biblical story he'd been raised on and his struggle to construct a new story for himself and his family\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShalom Auslander was raised like a veal in a dysfunctional family in the Orthodox community of Monsey, New York: the son of an alcoholic father; a guilt-wielding mother; and a violent, overbearing God. Now, as he reaches middle age, Auslander begins to suspect that what plagues him is something worse, something he can't so easily escape: a story. The story. One indelibly implanted in him at an early age, a story that told him he is fallen, broken, shameful, disgusting, a story we have all been told for thousands of years, and continue to be told by the religious and secular alike, a story called \"Feh.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYiddish for \"Yuck.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeh\u003c\/i\u003e follows Auslander's midlife journey to rewrite that story, a journey that involves Phillip Seymour Hoffman, a Pulitzer-winning poet, Job, Arthur Schopenhauer, GHB, Wolf Blitzer, Yuval Noah Harari and a pastor named Steve in a now-defunct church in Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan he move from Feh to merely meh? Can he even dream of moving beyond that? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuslander's recounting of his attempt to exorcize the story he was raised with--before he implants it onto his children and\/or possibly poisons the relationship of the one woman who loves him--isn't sacred. It is more-than-occasionally profane. And like all his work, it is also relentlessly funny, subversively heartfelt and fearlessly provocative.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShalom Auslander\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Monsey, New York. Nominated for the Koret Award for writers under thirty-five, he has published articles in \u003ci\u003eEsquire, The New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and has had stories aired on NPR's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Auslander is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eBeware of God\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoir \u003ci\u003eForeskin's Lament\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eHope: A Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the creator of Showtime's \u003ci\u003eHappyish.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966795907373,"sku":"9780735213272","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/akBHLhErom9780735213272.webp?v=1775539033","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/feh-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}