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    "description": "The new book by the author of Hope: A Tragedy \u2013 \u2018the funniest novel of the decade\u2019 Sunday Times\n\nSeventh Seltzer has done everything he can to break from the traditions of the past, but in his overbearing, narcissistic mother\u2019s last moments, she whispers in his ear the two words he always knew she would: \u2018Eat me\u2019.\n\nThis is not unusual, as the Seltzers are Cannibal-Americans, a once proud and thriving ethnic group, but for Seventh, it raises some serious questions. Of practical concern, she\u2019s six-foot-two and weighs over thirty stone \u2013 even divided up between Seventh and his eleven brothers, that's a lot of red meat. Plus, Second keeps kosher, Ninth is vegan and Sixth is dead. To make matters worse, even if he can wrangle his brothers together for a feast, the Can-Am people have assimilated, and the only living Cannibal who knows how to perform the ancient ritual is their Uncle Ishmael, a far from reliable guide.\n\nBeyond the practical, Seventh struggles with the sense of guilt and responsibility he feels \u2013 to his mother, to his people and to his unique cultural heritage. His mother always taught him he was a link in a chain, stretching back centuries. But he\u2019s getting tired of chains.\n\nShalom Auslander's Mother for Dinner is an outrageously tasty comedy about identity and inheritance, the things we owe our families and the things we owe ourselves. ",
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