{"product_id":"the-bill-from-my-father-bernard-cooper-9780743249638","title":"The Bill from My Father: A Memoir","description":"Edward Cooper is a hard man to know.Dour and exuberant by turns, his moods dictate the always uncertain climate of the Cooper household. Balding, octogenarian, and partial to a polyester jumpsuit, Edward Cooper makes an unlikely literary muse. But to his son he looms larger than life, an overwhelming and baffling presence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edward's ambivalent regard for his son is the springboard from which this deeply intelligent memoir takes flight. By the time the author receives his inheritance (which includes a message his father taped to the underside of a safe deposit box), and sees the surprising epitaph inscribed on his father's headstone, \u003ci\u003eThe Bill from My Father\u003c\/i\u003e has become a penetrating meditation on both monetary and emotional indebtedness, and on the mysterious nature of memory and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743249631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743249638\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 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2007 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2008 pg. 73","brand":"Bernard Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992319590655,"sku":"9780743249638","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b95b130-f96e-430f-adce-192b00cdd8bc.jpg?v=1683315335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bill-from-my-father-bernard-cooper-9780743249638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}