{"product_id":"happy-cruelty-day-bob-powers-9780312359522","title":"Happy Cruelty Day!: Daily Celebrations of Quiet Desperation","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor everyone looking to find a little extra magic in a life with little to celebrate, \u003ci\u003eHappy Cruelty Day!\u003c\/i\u003e is here. Beginning on January 1, this book features 365 new holidays, each accompanied by a strange, dark and humorous short story explaining the day you woke up in and how to celebrate it. These 365 daily doses of delight, perversion, and nonsense include \"Hire Someone Attractive To Pretend To Love You Day,\" \"Hang on to Your Wide-Eyed Innocence Day,\" \"Sit in Abject Terror Day,\" and, of course, \"Cruelty Day.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFar more than just a humor book, \u003ci\u003eHappy Cruelty Day!\u003c\/i\u003e is like a daily instructional manual written by a psychopath. On one page, the book has you joining a community crime watch group in an effort to make friends (it won't work). Flip the page, and you'll find the details of your attempt to rescue your husband from a POW camp (you'll fail). Flip it again, and \u003ci\u003eHappy Cruelty Day!\u003c\/i\u003e will have important insight into how best to befriend a runaway teen (offer her some soup). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese holidays celebrate everything from that pivotal point in your life when everything changes, to the day you're not going to do anything but sit on the edge of your bed and get very drunk. When people realize they've fallen in love, or when they realize their love was just a lie. And of course, when love of whatever incarnation brings an index finger to clench tight around the trigger of a gun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaw, ridiculous, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a sharp-edged satire on the subtleties, shallowness, and stupidity of daily life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312359527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312359522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/2006 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 73","brand":"Bob Powers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913658597631,"sku":"9780312359522","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4c3eea5c-27e8-48b5-8088-c4ccc001ceea.jpg?v=1680621591","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/happy-cruelty-day-bob-powers-9780312359522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}