A Pulitzer Prize finalist (for What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank), Englander once again tackles the complexities of contemporary Jewish life. When an atheist's Orthodox father dies, he is called upon by his mother and sisters to perform the Kaddish (the prayer for the dead) every day for 11 months. Extremely reluctant, he decides to hire someone through the title website to recite the Kaddish for him. The publisher calls this a "novel about atonement; family and duty; about spiritual redemption; and about the soul-sickening temptations of the internet, which, like God, is everywhere."