{"product_id":"man-who-couldnt-eat-9781439192474","title":"Man Who Couldn't Eat","description":"\u003cb\u003eA personal journey with Crohn's disease: months of excruciating treatment and the enduring effect it has on the author's emotional state and relationship with food--as well as on his wife, children, and friends.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this beautifully written memoir, both gut-wrenching and inspiring, award-winning writer Jon Reiner tells the story of his agonizing battle with Crohn's disease--and the extraordinary places his hunger and obsession with food took him.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eI'm a glutton in a greyhound's body, a walking contradiction, in the grip of the one thing I can't have--food, \u003c\/i\u003ewrites Reiner, who details what happens when that which keeps you alive, that bonds us together and marks life's special occasions, becomes a toxic substance, an inflammatory invader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis unvarnished account depicts an explosive medical emergency, a marriage in crisis, children faced with grown-up fears, a man at a life-and-death crossroads sifting through his past and his present. And it captures a tough, courageous climb out of hopelessness as Reiner began a process of healing in body and mind, discovering a renewed appetite, any way he could manage it, for the things that truly matter most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439192474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 5.73w x 0.88d","brand":"Jon Reiner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378669256885,"sku":"9781439192474","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c144603f-0389-4fc6-a222-67877593b30a.jpg?v=1753159358","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/man-who-couldnt-eat-9781439192474","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}