{"product_id":"please-dont-eat-the-daisies-9781504055758","title":"Please Don't Eat the Daisies","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \"refreshing . . . laugh-out-loud\" #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller about life in the suburbs that was adapted into a classic film comedy (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One day, Tony Award-winning playwright Jean Kerr packed up her four kids (and husband, Walter, one of Broadway's sharpest critics), and left New York City. They moved to a faraway part of the world that promised a grassy utopia where daisies grew wild and homes were described as neo-gingerbread. In this collection of \"wryly observant\" essays, Kerr chronicles her new life in this strange land called Larchmont (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It sounds like bliss--no more cramped apartments and nightmarish after-theater cocktail parties where the martinis were never dry enough. Now she has her very own washer\/dryer, a garden, choice seats at the hottest new third-grade school plays (low overhead but they'll never recoup their losses), and a fresh new kind of lunacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePlease Don't Eat the Daisies\u003c\/i\u003e \"Jean Kerr cooks with laughing gas\" as she explores the everyday absurdities, anxieties, and joys of marriage, family, friends, home decorating, and maintaining a career--but this time with a garage! (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Kerr (1922-2003) was an Irish-American author and playwright born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and best known for her humorous bestseller, \u003ci\u003ePlease Don't Eat the Daisies\u003c\/i\u003e, and the plays \u003ci\u003eKing of Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMary, Mary\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504807121170,"sku":"9781504055758","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79e30484-9edf-48b1-a557-883dcb5bb680.jpg?v=1730827869","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/please-dont-eat-the-daisies-9781504055758","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}