{"product_id":"operating-instructions-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-year","title":"Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOperating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAnne Lamott\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781400079094\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAnchor\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year | Anne Lamott | Paperback | 9781400079094 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1764619 (temp: 9)","offer_id":50731579277570,"sku":"1764619","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61LkQSMJ6ML.jpg?v=1791907640","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/operating-instructions-a-journal-of-my-sons-first-year","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}