{"product_id":"birder-julie-marie-myatt-9780881458121","title":"Birder","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"...Myatt excels at using small details to evoke larger truths....\u003cbr\u003e BIRDER explore s] fatherhood, mortality, the post-recession economy and the illusory nature of the American dream...\u003cbr\u003e BIRDER revels in quirky, meta-theatrical artifice, complete with flashbacks, overt symbolism and fourth-wall puncturing monologues. Its protagonist, the accountant Roger, is a poor excuse for a dad.... Roger has always played by the rules in pursuit of an affluent lifestyle. Like so many in the disappearing middle class, Roger grapples with the pressures of living beyond his means; his atypical answer to midlife crisis, however, is to quit his job and take up bird watching....\u003cbr\u003e Roger maintains a disarming boyish charisma as he chronicles how the growing appreciation of birds hiding in plain sight among us come to represent everything else that's missing from his life.\u003cbr\u003e ... BIRDER] offers a quiet vision of hard-won hope amid adversity...\"\u003cbr\u003e Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Marie Myatt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0881458120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780881458121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Julie Marie Myatt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126379999487,"sku":"9780881458121","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f4072a5-94d8-4561-9c7b-cd339054b933.jpg?v=1687447846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birder-julie-marie-myatt-9780881458121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}