{"product_id":"separation-anxiety-9780062909084","title":"Separation Anxiety","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSeparation Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e is a hilarious, heart-breaking and thought-provoking portrait of a difficult marriage, as fierce as it is funny.... My advice: Start reading and don't stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel.\" --Alice Hoffman\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly * Cosmopolitan * USA Today * Real Simple * Parade * Buzzfeed * Glamour * PopSugar \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom bestselling author Laura Zigman, a hilarious novel about a wife and mother whose life is unraveling and the well-intentioned but increasingly disastrous steps she takes to course-correct her relationships, her career, and her belief in herself\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudy never intended to start wearing the dog. But when she stumbled across her son Teddy's old baby sling during a halfhearted basement cleaning, something in her snapped. So: the dog went into the sling, Judy felt connected to another living being, and she's repeated the process every day since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife hasn't gone according to Judy's plan. Her career as a children's book author offered a glimpse of success before taking an embarrassing nose dive. Teddy, now a teenager, treats her with some combination of mortification and indifference. Her best friend is dying. And her husband, Gary, has become a pot-addled professional \"snackologist\" who she can't afford to divorce. On top of it all, she has a painfully ironic job writing articles for a self-help website--a poor fit for someone seemingly incapable of helping herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWickedly funny and surprisingly tender, \u003cem\u003eSeparation Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e offers a frank portrait of middle-aged limbo, examining the ebb and flow of life's most important relationships. Tapping into the insecurities and anxieties that most of us keep under wraps, and with a voice that is at once gleefully irreverent and genuinely touching, Laura Zigman has crafted a new classic for anyone taking fumbling steps toward happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZigman, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Zigman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnimal Husbandry \u003c\/em\u003e(which was made into the movie, \u003cem\u003eSomeone Like You, \u003c\/em\u003estarring Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd), \u003cem\u003e Dating Big Bird, Piece of Work \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHer\u003c\/em\u003e. She has been a contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Huffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, produced a\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003epopular online series of animated videos, Annoying Conversations, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand was the recipient of a Yaddo residency\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e She lives in Cambridge with her husband, son, and deeply human Sheltie.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681907937554,"sku":"9780062909084","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5cbd906f-0f79-49d5-87f9-3052b6743951.jpg?v=1733960458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/separation-anxiety-9780062909084","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}