{"product_id":"some-assembly-required-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-son-9781594486678","title":"Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAlmost Everything \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If there is a doyenne of the parenting memoir, it would be Anne Lamott.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSome Assembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter in her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at nineteen, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson Jax's life. In careful and often hilarious detail, Lamott and Sam--about whom she first wrote so movingly in \u003ci\u003eOperating Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e--struggle to balance their changing roles. By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, \u003ci\u003eSome Assembly Required \u003c\/i\u003eis the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family--as this book will change everyone who reads it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHelp, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches\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; Bird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOperating Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of several 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSam Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e is an inventor, designer, entrepreneur, and artist who lives in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50358872473874,"sku":"9781594486678","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42d15382-8f67-43e2-9470-679c2e3fca50.jpg?v=1728347414","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/some-assembly-required-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-son-9781594486678","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}