{"product_id":"its-hard-to-be-hip-judith-viorst-9781982122522","title":"It's Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty: And Other Tragedies of Married Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBringing together some of the best of Judith Viorst's witty and perceptive poetry--and featuring the illustrations from the original edition by John Alcorn--Viorst explores the all-too-true ironies and absurdities of being a woman in the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether she's finding herself or finding a sitter, contemplating her sex life as she rubs hormone night cream on her face, or wrestling with the contradiction of falling in love with a man her parents would actually approve of, Viorst transforms the familiar events of daily life into poems that make you laugh with recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the young single girl leaving her parents' home for life in the big city (\"No I do not believe in free love\/And yes I will be home for Sunday dinners\"). Here is the aspiring bohemian with an expensive liberal arts education, getting coffee and taking dictation, \"Hoping that someday someone will be impressed\/With all I know.\" Here is that married woman, coping with motherhood (\"The tricycles are cluttering my foyer\/The Pop Tart crumbs are sprinkled on my soul\") and fantasy affairs (\"I could imagine cryptic conversations, clandestine martinis...and me explaining that long kisses clog my sinuses\") and all-too-real family reunions (\"Four aunts in pain taking pills\/One cousin in analysis taking notes\"). And here she is at mid-life, wondering whether a woman who used to wear a \"Ban the Bomb\" button can find happiness being a person with a set of fondue forks, a fish poacher, and a wok. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Every step of the way, \u003ci\u003eIt's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates once and for all that no one understands American women coming of age like Judith Viorst. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*It's Hard to be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a reissue of the previous collection originally titled \u003ci\u003eWhen Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Viorst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982122528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982122522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Judith Viorst","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989601714431,"sku":"9781982122522","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6172d681-1777-444a-ba29-dcd4263fc277.jpg?v=1683300447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/its-hard-to-be-hip-judith-viorst-9781982122522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}