{"product_id":"a-better-man-michael-ian-black-9781643752044","title":"A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative, personal, and useful look at boyhood, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Surprising . . . [Black's] tone is so lovely, his empathy so clear . . . Black's writing is modest, clear, conversational . . . corny, maybe. But helpful. Like a dad.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With hope and with humor, Michael Ian Black skillfully navigates the complex gender issues of our time and delivers a poignant answer to an urgent question: How can we be, and raise, better men? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir, part advice book, and written as a heartfelt letter to his college bound son, \u003ci\u003eA Better Man\u003c\/i\u003e offers up a way forward for boys, men, and anyone who loves them. Comedian, writer, and father Black examines his complicated relationship with his own father, explores the damage and rising violence caused by the expectations placed on boys to \"man up,\" and searches for the best way to help young men be part of the solution, not the problem. \"If we cannot allow ourselves vulnerability,\" he writes, \"how are we supposed to experience wonder, fear, tenderness?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Ian Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643752049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643752044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael Ian Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044802490623,"sku":"9781643752044","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5993780e-96ea-48cd-a625-4207846bf9ad.jpg?v=1684974976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-better-man-michael-ian-black-9781643752044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}