{"product_id":"kasher-in-the-rye-the-true-tale-of-a-white-boy-from-oakland-who-became-a-drug-addict-criminal-mental-patient-and-then-turned-16-hardcover","title":"Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 - Hardcover","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\u003eMoshe Kasher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hopeful and inspiring \"act of comedic magic\" from comedian--and now memoirist!--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoshe Kasher (Artie Lange, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eToo Fat to Fish).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRising young comedian Moshe Kasher is lucky to be alive. He started using drugs when he was just 12. At that point, he had already been in psychoanlysis for 8 years. By the time he was 15, he had been in and out of several mental institutions, drifting from therapy to rehab to arrest to...you get the picture. But \u003ci\u003eKasher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e is not an \"eye opener\" to the horrors of addiction. It's a hilarious memoir about the absurdity of it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he was a young boy, Kasher's mother took him on a vacation to the West Coast. Well it was more like an abduction. Only not officially. She stole them away from their father and they moved to Oakland, California. That's where the real fun begins, in the war zone of Oakland Public Schools. He was more than just out of control-his mother walked him around on a leash, which he chewed through and ran away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose early years read like part Augusten Burroughs, part David Sedaris, with a touch of Jim Carrol...but a lot more Jewish. In fact, Kasher later spends time in a Brooklyn Hasidic community. Then came addicition... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrutally honest and laugh-out-loud funny, Kasher's first literary endeavor finds humor in even the most horrifying situations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoshe Kasher\u003c\/b\u003e is a stand-up comedian. He lives alone in Los Angeles. In 2009 he was named Comic of the Year by iTunes. He has been featured on Comedy Central's \u003ci\u003eJohn Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLate Night with Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChelsea Lately\u003c\/i\u003e, and has performed at many international comedy festivals including the prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, South By Southwest, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468155863293,"sku":"9780446584265","price":49.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WEFGNUJsSnZFM1ZmZmw0OGdDSVdGZz09.webp?v=1777285618","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/kasher-in-the-rye-the-true-tale-of-a-white-boy-from-oakland-who-became-a-drug-addict-criminal-mental-patient-and-then-turned-16-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}