{"product_id":"lifes-short-talk-fast-ann-hood-9781324079453","title":"Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003eFast-talking, warm-hearted, and endlessly rewatchable, \u003cem\u003eGilmore Girls\u003c\/em\u003e has bonded real-life mothers and daughters since 2000, when its iconic pilot introduced us to Lorelai, Rory, and their idyllic Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. More than twenty years later, it has become one of the most-streamed TV shows, \u003cem\u003eever\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an anthology as intimate and quick-witted as \u003cem\u003eGilmore Girls\u003c\/em\u003e itself, best-selling author Ann Hood invites fifteen writers to investigate their personal relationships to the show. (\"It's a show? It's a lifestyle. It's a \u003cem\u003ereligion\u003c\/em\u003e.\") Joanna Rakoff considers how Emily Gilmore helped her understand her own mother; Sanjena Sathian sees herself--and Asian American defiance--in Lane Kim; Kristen Arnett explores \"bad\" mothers; Francisco Sedita discovers an antidote to pandemic loneliness; Nina de Gramont offers a comic ode to the unreality of Stars Hollow. For anyone who identifies as Team Logan, Team Jess, or \u003cem\u003eeven\u003c\/em\u003e Team Dean, \u003cem\u003eLife's Short\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTalk Fast\u003c\/em\u003e reveals what \u003cem\u003eGilmore Girls\u003c\/em\u003e tells us about ourselves--and why it matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Hood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324079452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324079453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ann Hood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44890673774847,"sku":"9781324079453","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_065b3c86-5fe4-4f0c-b035-834268457181.jpg?v=1709739700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lifes-short-talk-fast-ann-hood-9781324079453","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}