04950cam a2200973 4500 535294278 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780758274380 0758274386 B005CRY958 Amazon 02b32c62-26c8-4b9f-b9f7-7ecf55e33655 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 256733 256733 256733 619460 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hoffman, Wayne. Sweet Like Sugar [Libby eBook]. Kensington Books, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 812kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. realistic fiction books. contemporary fiction. American Literature. realistic fiction. literary fiction. relationships. mental health. Coming of age. Short Stories. fiction books. books fiction. relationship. Spirituality. family life. Friendship. motherhood. philosophy. love story. psychology. infidelity. literature. spiritual. americana. Chick Lit. marriage. families. Adoption. feminism. romance. sisters. Writing. Fiction. mystery. Divorce. England. fantasy. family. novels. Comedy. Modern. school. Aging. Death. Bible. Drama. grief. love. HTML:With eloquence and wit, Wayne Hoffman explores the unlikely camaraderie between a young Jewish man and an Orthodox rabbi, in this rich, insightful novel about love, honesty, faith, and belonging. In Yiddish, there is a word for it: bashert—the person you are fated to meet. Twentysomething Benji Steiner views the concept with skepticism. But the elderly rabbi who stumbles into Benji's office one day has no such doubts. Jacob Zuckerman's late wife, Sophie, was his bashert. And now that she's gone, Rabbi Zuckerman grapples with overwhelming grief and loneliness. Touched by the rabbi's plight, Benji becomes his helper—driving him home after work, sitting in his living room listening to stories. Their friendship baffles everyone, especially Benji's sharp-tongued, modestly observant mother. But Benji is rediscovering something he didn't know he'd lost. Yet the test of friendship, and of both men's faith, lies in the difficult truths they come to share. With each revelation, Benji learns what it means not just to be Jewish, but to be fully human—imperfect, striving, and searching for the pieces of ourselves that come only through another's acceptance. "A story that is beautifully told, profound and funny." —Jonathan Rosen, author of Joy Comes In The Morning "A stirring story about the face of love on many different levels." —Carolyn Hessel "An unforeseen tale of friendship and faith." —Dave King, author of The Ha-Ha Wayne Hoffman is a writer and editor whose cultural reporting has appeared in the Washington Post, Village Voice, The Forward, The Advocate, and elsewhere. Wayne is currently deputy editor of Nextbook Press. He lives in New York City and the Catskills. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Stonewall Book Award - Barbara Gittings Literature Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-17 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1142-1/02B/32C/62/SweetLikeSugar9780758274380.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=02B32C62-26C8-4B9F-B9F7-7ECF55E33655&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1142-1/02B/32C/62/SweetLikeSugar9780758274380.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=02B32C62-26C8-4B9F-B9F7-7ECF55E33655&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1142-1/02B/32C/62/SweetLikeSugar9780758274380.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=02B32C62-26C8-4B9F-B9F7-7ECF55E33655&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXLIV