After her college-age son, Jeremy, nearly dies from an overdose of alcohol and pills, Helen Michaelson decides to take him and her terminally ill husband on a mission to Israel in the hopes that Jeremy will reconnect with his faith, but the family vacation soon takes some unexpected turns. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

A compelling, darkly comic anthology of short fiction, set in post-Cold War Prague during the 1990s, chronicles the lives and fortunes of a colorful array of characters, both American and European, including a self-appointed rabbi who runs a synagogue for non-Jews, a would-be socialist trying to rouse the oppressed masses, and others who attempt to define the labels they place on themselves and others. A first collection. Original. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)