{"product_id":"the-body-is-a-temporary-andrew-bertaina-9781957392301","title":"The Body Is a Temporary Gathering Place","description":"Andrew Bertaina is going through a mid-life crisis: failed marriage, child-rearing, self-doubt, ennui, the works. Naturally, Bertaina does what any of us would do; he draws inspiration from the poster boy of mid-life crisis chroniclers, the 16th-century essayist Michele de Montaigne, channeling misgivings into meditations, lostness into longing. The essays in The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place deal with a variety of timeless and universal topics: e.g., how to woo a French woman on a train, male caregiving, how to cannibalize your spouse, and the riddle of time. The essays promise no answers. They do, however, strive to capture the beauty that lingers in a life passing all too quickly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Bertaina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957392304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957392301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Autofocus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2025","brand":"Andrew Bertaina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437654847743,"sku":"9781957392301","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_326ab1a3-83a5-49de-bd5d-970abd770b90.jpg?v=1777163193","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-body-is-a-temporary-andrew-bertaina-9781957392301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}