The Laws of Return — Cameron Stracher

Colin Stone, third-generation American and secular Jew, is the narrator of acclaimed author Cameron Stracher's debut novel. Colin lives in a world cast loose from spiritual moorings, a world where kids get what they want ... the Hanukkah man sees to that. Embarking on a personal journey toward faith and self-discovery, Colin will find what he seeks closer to home. He falls in love with a woman who celebrates the irrational and, in a final confrontation with an unrepentant bigot, he discovers a truth that the laws of science and society cannot explain.