Moshe Kasher's 'Kasher in the Rye' is not your ordinary tale of adolescence gone awry. With an early start in psychoanalysis and a childhood abduction-turned-relocation by his mother, Kasher’s journey is anything but typical. Navigating the tumultuous terrain of Oakland Public Schools with a leash around his neck—literally—his early years are a blend of Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris, seasoned with a dash of Jim Carrol, though heavily steeped in Jewish culture. Addiction soon grips him, leading Moshe through a labyrinth of mental institutions and rehab, all before his sixteenth birthday. With his parents unable to hear the chaos—a cacophony composed of gangster rap and adolescent turmoil—Moshe's descent is as rapid as it is public. Through it all, he retains his humor, turning even the most harrowing episodes into laugh-on-the-floor comedy. A brutally honest memoir, 'Kasher in the Rye' is Moshe’s cathartic reflection on a tumultuous youth, an ironic and endearing tribute to surviving one's teenage years.