{"product_id":"why-you-crying-my-long-hard-look-at-life-love-and-laughter-9780743259958","title":"Why You Crying?: My Long, Hard Look at Life, Love, and Laughter","description":"\u003cb\u003eCowritten by Emmy Award-winning writer and sportscaster Armen Keteyian, the darkly funny narrative of \u003ci\u003eWhy You Crying? \u003c\/i\u003e riffs on the importance of family, the stark, often hysterical differences between Chicano and gringo culture, and the inspirational message that anybody can become Somebody. Read it and weep!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen George Lopez gives a comic performance, there's not a dry eye or empty seat in the house, and for six years, millions of viewers tuned in to get their weekly G-Lo fix with ABC's \u003ci\u003eThe George Lopez Show\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Now, George is back, and he's made the switch from prime-time family guy to late-night talk show host. \u003ci\u003e Lopez Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e combines George's irreverent and very opinionated humor with spontaneous celebrity interactions to create a party of a show; with George, the audience knows the conversation will be high-energy, low-formality, and 100 percent unpredictable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut while he can make his audiences cry with laughter, Lopez's own life--before becoming one of America's most popular Latino personalities--was anything but funny. Abandoned by his California migrant-worker father at the tender age of two months and deserted by his own mother at the age of ten years, Lopez was raised by grandparents who viewed \"love\" as a different four-letter word. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCo-written by Emmy Award-winning writer and sportscaster Armen Keteyian, the darkly funny narrative of \u003ci\u003eWhy You Crying? \u003c\/i\u003e riffs on the importance of family, the stark, often hysterical differences between Chicano and gringo culture, and the inspirational message that anybody can become Somebody. Read it and weep!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lopez\u003c\/b\u003e is the cocreator, writer, producer, and star of the acclaimed ABC sitcom \u003ci\u003eGeorge Lopez.\u003c\/i\u003e A current cast member of HBO's \u003ci\u003eInside the NFL, \u003c\/i\u003e he has appeared on \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America, \u003c\/i\u003e among others. A recipient of many prestigious awards and honors, Lopez lives with his family in California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArmen Keteyian\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a CBS News correspondent based in New York and a longtime contributing correspondent to \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes. \u003c\/i\u003eAn eleven-time Emmy Award winner, he is widely regarded as one of the finest investigative journalists in the country. A former writer-reporter at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, he is also the author or coauthor of ten previous books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eRaw Recruits\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe System. \u003c\/i\u003eBorn and raised in Michigan, he now lives with his wife, Dede, in Fairfield, Connecticut, and San Clemente, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Touchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503751794962,"sku":"9780743259958","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d33829c0-e93f-4181-a7cb-a6d0ab87e6a7.jpg?v=1730797279","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-you-crying-my-long-hard-look-at-life-love-and-laughter-9780743259958","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}