{"product_id":"barbara-isnt-dying-9781609458423","title":"Barbara Isn't Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bittersweet and hilarious novel about a marriage whose decades-old routine is suddenly upended.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Schmidt has lived his whole life within the narrow, \"comfortable\" confines of traditional gender roles: he has made it to retirement without learning how to fry an egg or use a vacuum cleaner. After all, he could always count on his wife, Barbara. But when one morning she can't get up from bed anymore, everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith biting humor and great warmth, Alina Bronsky writes about how Walter, nearing the end of his life, is suddenly forced to reinvent himself as a caregiver and house-husband, and become the caring partner he never was in all his years with Barbara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle by little, Walter's rough facade begins to crumble--and with it his old certainties about his life and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609458423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs","brand":"Alina Bronsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769753866421,"sku":"9781609458423","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3a0815b7-3326-4340-b69b-b9934977f871.jpg?v=1678836847","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/barbara-isnt-dying-9781609458423","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}