{"product_id":"41-love-a-memoir-9781640094765","title":"41-Love: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly funny sports memoir about a mid-life crisis, exercise addiction, tennis, and how to grow up when you really, really don't want to\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She'd quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She'd had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Her parents started to get sick right around the time she realized she was never going to be a mother herself. For the first time in her life, maintaining her ideal weight had become nearly impossible. She was supposed to grow up, but she didn't know how. So instead she decided to regress, to go back to the thing she'd loved best as a child but had inexplicably abandoned: tennis. Thomas knows she's not the only person to have wondered whether throwing enough money and time and passion at something can make your dream come true. \u003ci\u003e41-Love\u003c\/i\u003e is heartbreaking but frequently funny as Thomas finds she'll do anything to win--almost anything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640094765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2021 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scarlett Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574550569141,"sku":"9781640094765","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cee9c5bc-a12f-4bfe-9edd-2ec5a910a487.jpg?v=1643695836","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/41-love-a-memoir-9781640094765","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}