{"product_id":"operating-instructions-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-year-9781400079094","title":"Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e brings her brilliant combination of humor and warmth to a \"smart, funny, and comforting\" chronicle of single motherhood (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 is a wonderfully lithe writer .... Anyone who has ever had a hard time facing a perfectly ordinary day will identify.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNE LAMOTT is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eAlmost Everything\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSmall Victories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStitches\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSome Assembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrace (Eventually)\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePlan B\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTraveling Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOperating Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of seven novels, including \u003ci\u003eImperfect Birds \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRosie\u003c\/i\u003e. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603873861906,"sku":"9781400079094","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6b8ec1e-007b-4cd9-9836-de600aa6a0a3.jpg?v=1732251359","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/operating-instructions-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-year-9781400079094","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}