{"product_id":"operating-instructions-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-year-9781400079094","title":"Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year","description":"With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth she brought to bestseller \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eAnne Lamott gives us a smart, funny, and comforting chronicle of single motherhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not like she's the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), with a generous amount of wit and faith (but very little piousness), Lamott narrates the great and small events that make up a woman's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lamott has a conversational style that perfectly conveys her friendly, self-depricating humor.\" --\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lamott is a wonderfully lithe writer .... Anyone who has ever had a hard time facing a perfectly ordinary day will identify.\" --\u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400079094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/12\/2010 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Lamott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649419145372,"sku":"9781400079094","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9154a4ca-a95e-4318-98c5-79b2ff9ee20e.jpg?v=1603872703","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/operating-instructions-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-year-9781400079094","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}