{"product_id":"making-toast-a-family-story-9780061825958","title":"Making Toast: A Family Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A painfully beautiful memoir....Written with such restraint as to be both heartbreaking and instructive.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--E. L. Doctorow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revered, many times honored (George Polk, Peabody, and Emmy Award winner, to name but a few) journalist, novelist, and playwright, Roger Rosenblatt shares the unforgettable story of the tragedy that changed his life and his family. A book that grew out of his popular December 2008 essay in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, Making Toast \u003c\/em\u003eis a moving account of unexpected loss and recovery in the powerful tradition of \u003cem\u003eAbout Alice \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e. Writer Ann Beattie offers high praise to the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eLapham Rising\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeet\u003c\/em\u003e for a memoir that is, \"written so forthrightly, but so delicately, that you feel you're a part of this family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosenblatt, Roger:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRoger Rosenblatt is the author of six off-Broadway plays and eighteen books, including \u003cem\u003eLapham Rising, Making Toast, Kayak Morning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Boy Detective.\u003c\/em\u003e He is the recipient of the 2015 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502975062290,"sku":"9780061825958","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce27ed54-0784-4c49-88a6-a72a316580e7.jpg?v=1730779788","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/making-toast-a-family-story-9780061825958","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}