{"product_id":"pigs-cant-swim-helen-peppe-9780306824234","title":"Pigs Can't Swim: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir by the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond-eccentric Maine family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With everything happening on Helen Peppe's backwoods Maine farm, life was wild -- and not just for the animals. Sibling rivalry, rock-bottom poverty, feral male chauvinism, sex in the hayloft: everything seemed--and was -- out of control. In telling her wayward family tale, Peppe manages deadpan humor, an unerring eye for the absurd, and poignant compassion for her utterly overwhelmed parents. While her feisty resilience and candor will inevitably remind readers of Jeannette Walls or Mary Karr, Peppe's wry insight and moments of tenderness with family and animals are entirely her own. As Richard Hoffman, the author of \u003ci\u003eHalf the House: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e puts it: \"\u003ci\u003ePigs Can't Swim\u003c\/i\u003e -- is an unruly, joyous troublemaker of a book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Peppe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030682423X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306824234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Helen Peppe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946411917567,"sku":"9780306824234","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7b271bc9-dc6f-4392-82e8-f03d4a9d7998.jpg?v=1681513000","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pigs-cant-swim-helen-peppe-9780306824234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}