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Kaddish.com / Nathan Englander.
Publication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.Description: 203 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781474611022
- 1474611028
- 9781474611015
- Kaddish dot com
- Kaddish -- Fiction
- Kaddish -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Atheists -- Fiction
- Orthodox Judaism -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Web sites -- Fiction
- Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn -- Fiction
- Judaism -- Customs and practices -- Fiction
- Judaism -- Prayers and devotions -- Fiction
- Jewish teenagers -- Fiction
- Fathers -- Death -- Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- 813.6 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | ENG | Available | 069661 |
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Larry is an atheist in a family of orthodox Memphis Jews. When his father dies, it is his responsibility as the surviving son to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day for 11 months. To the horror and dismay of his mother and sisters, Larry refuses, thus imperiling the fate of his father's soul. To appease them, and in penance for failing to mourn his father correctly, he hatches an ingenious if cynical plan, hiring a stranger through a website called Kaddish.com to recite the daily prayer and shepherd his father's soul safely to rest.
