{"product_id":"thanks-for-waiting-doree-shafrir-9780593156742","title":"Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (\u0026 Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn honest, witty, and insightful memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThanks for Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is the loving, wise, cuttingly funny older sister we all need in book form.\"--Tara Schuster, author of \u003ci\u003eBuy Yourself the F*cking Lilies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoree Shafrir spent much of her twenties and thirties feeling out of sync with her peers. She was an intern at twenty-nine and met her husband on Tinder in her late thirties, after many of her friends had already gotten married, started families, and entered couples' counseling. After a long fertility struggle, she became a first-time mom at forty-one, joining Mommy \u0026amp; Me classes where most of the other moms were at least ten years younger. And while she was one of \u003ci\u003eGawker\u003c\/i\u003e's early hires and one of the first editors at \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, she didn't find professional fulfillment until she co-launched the successful self-care podcast \u003ci\u003eForever35\u003c\/i\u003e--at forty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, in her debut memoir, Shafrir explores the enormous pressures we feel, especially as women, to hit particular milestones at certain times and how we can redefine what it means to be a late bloomer. She writes about everything from dating to infertility, to how friendships evolve as you get older, to why being pregnant at forty-one is unexpectedly freeing--all with the goal of appreciating the lives we've lived so far and the lives we still hope to live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThanks for Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is about how achieving the milestones you thought were so important don't always happen on the time line you imagined. In a world of 30 Under 30 lists, this book is a welcome reminder that it's okay to live life at your own speed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doree Shafrir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593156749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593156742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2021","brand":"Doree Shafrir","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055229890815,"sku":"9780593156742","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10577148-ebfb-49af-a748-3bc6cb87cba8.jpg?v=1685034489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thanks-for-waiting-doree-shafrir-9780593156742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}