{"product_id":"015603252x","title":"A Tale of Love and Darkness","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eTragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was twelve and a half years old, his mother committed suicide, a tragedy that was to change his life. He leaves the constraints of the family and the community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen and joins a kibbutz, changes his name, marries, has children, and finally becomes a writer as well as an active participant in the political life of Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story of clashing cultures and lives, of suffering and perseverance, of love and darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorship \u0026amp; Devotion\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eFaith\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45395815923902,"sku":"015603252X-4","price":3.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Acceptable","offer_id":49258277273790,"sku":"015603252X-5","price":2.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/514sF40SLQL._SL500.jpg?v=1757424668","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/015603252x","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}