# Here I Am

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- Book: [Here I Am](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-s-foer/here-i-am) ([Here I Am.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-s-foer/here-i-am.md))
- Authors: [J. S. Foer](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-s-foer)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4196-637-2
- Published: 2016-09-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

God asked Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac, and Abraham replied obediently, 'Here I am'. This is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. Over the course of three weeks in present-day Washington DC, three sons watch their parents' marriage falter and their family home fall apart. Meanwhile, a larger catastrophe is engulfing another part of the world: a massive earthquake devastates the Middle East, sparking a pan-Arab invasion of Israel. With global upheaval in the background and domestic collapse in the foreground, Jonathan Safran Foer asks us - what is the true meaning of home? Can one man ever reconcile the conflicting duties of his many roles - husband, father, son? And how much of life can a person bear?