Joshua Braff: 2 books

A young man is torn between his Hasidic mother and his father—a Times Square pornographer—in this “smart, funny, heartbreaking novel” (Jonathan Tropper, author of This Is Where I Leave You).   David Arbus will be graduating from high school in the spring of 1975. His parents are divorced,...

It's 1977. Jacob Green, a Jewish kid from suburban New Jersey, sits on the stairs during his family's housewarming party, waiting for his father, Abram--charming host, everyone's best friend, and amateur emcee--to introduce him to the crowd. Housewarming parties, Annie Hall parties, and bar mitzvah...