{"product_id":"the-hebrew-tutor-of-bel-air-paperback","title":"The Hebrew Tutor of Bel Air - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllan Appel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA full-throttle joyride on the highway of love, adolescence, and enlightenment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in 1963 Los Angeles--after the Cuban Missile Crisis, but before JFK's assassination--a bewildered young tutor is hired to prepare a stubborn Bel Air heiress for a bat mitzvah she doesn't want and finds himself in a strange new world where everything but her cooperation is for sale. The two teenagers may not be learning Hebrew, but through the miracle of motorcycles and the epiphanies of the road, this unlikely couple might learn to shape their own destinies. And--for a few momentous hours--become a latter-day Bonnie and Clyde searching for a Reverse Jewish Nose Job in the City of Angels. Poignant and hilarious, this is an unforgettable story of lost innocence and found passion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Chicago in 1946 and raised in Los Angeles, Allan Appel is a novelist, poet, and playwright whose books include \u003ci\u003eClub Revelation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Holiday Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rabbi of Casino Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNational Jewish Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eProgressive\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e, and his plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, New Haven, and Provincetown. He has published a total of six novels, a biography, two collections of poetry, a book on botany, and \u003ci\u003eA Portable Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e, a handy anthology of erudite and humorous quotations about the end of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllan Appel holds degrees in writing and comparative literature from Columbia University and City University of New York, and he attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Most recently he has worked at the Jewish Museum and taught English at the Trinity School in New York City. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, where in 2003 he was awarded a fellowship in fiction from the State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338158969069,"sku":"9781566892247","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/C9FPZOxVkf9781566892247.webp?v=1785076735","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-hebrew-tutor-of-bel-air-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}