{"product_id":"youre-married-to-her-9781935248255","title":"You're Married to Her?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the anti-Vietnam War movement drew to a close, a twenty-six-year-old unknown playwright began an affair with a glamorous older woman, a feminist activist and acclaimed poet\/novelist at the height of her career. What she saw in a neurotic, sexually naive, poorly educated but very sweet guy was apparent to no one, especially him. Using a wildly self-skewering but oddly sympathetic narrative voice that fulfills \"The New York Times\"' assessment of his \"special gift for heartwarming comedy,\" Ira Wood re-imagines his early years with Marge Piercy in a series of chronologically linked essays, never failing to raise the question that few have failed to ask: You're married to \"Her\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the brazen candor of Toby Young's \"How to Lose Friends and Alienate People\" and the wicked lunacy of David Sedaris, Wood tells tales of his first true love, who he told his parents were dead; his disastrous affair with a promiscuous single mother, while he was involved with Piercy; his childhood dependence on speed; and running for public office on a lark--and winning--only to find himself responsible for the government of a small town. Thirty years later he's still married to Her, confident enough to share, and laugh at, what men do when their behavior slips to the level of their self-esteem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIra Wood is the author of two novels and the co-author, with Marge Piercy, of two highly acclaimed books, a novel and a writing text. His talk show \"The Lowdown\" streams on WOMR-FM, a Pacifica network affiliate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leapfrog Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935248255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/11\/2012 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ira Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38017253048501,"sku":"9781935248255","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9863ae98-dde1-4875-b895-4387313b567e.jpg?v=1609163708","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/youre-married-to-her-9781935248255","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}