Sweet Like Sugar

by Wayne Hoffman

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075826562X
• ISBN13: 9780758265623
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"