{"product_id":"the-roving-i-woody-weingarten-9780990554363","title":"The Roving I: Collected columns, wit, wisdom, and self-exposure of Woody Weingarten","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Roving I, \u003c\/em\u003ewith wit and wordplay, can spark laughter and tears \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll surely relate to this page-turner if: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou enjoy heart-warming stories that tend to stir your emotions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou like to read about families with problems like yours-or different ones-and their solutions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're apt to smile as the anthologist recalls when his partner earned a slot in his Little Black Book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou can marvel at a woman carrying her sister's \"miracle baby\" inside her for nine months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'd relish hearing how happy a once wild pet duck makes residents of an assisted living facility.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'd find it amusing that Robin Williams transformed himself into a talking vagina.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roving I is aimed at readers who believe they can mine gold from Woody Weingarten's 70 favorite columns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat faith will be rewarded. This prize-winning writer\/editor has crafted and played with words for more than 60 years. He's worked for dailies and weeklies on both coasts, co-written a musical revue with his wife, led a support group for men, and served on local and regional commissions. He authored Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner's breast cancer and, with his granddaughter, a kids' fantasy, Grampy and His Fairyzona Playmates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe jubilant! This literary anthology can help you learn: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a photographer turned his Parkinson's disease into an asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a Cambodian slave-labor camp escapee became a successful U.S. entrepreneur.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the author's attempt to do \u003cem\u003enothing\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant fiasco.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders have raved. One predicts you \"will chuckle, you might cry, but you will definitely relate to these enjoyable bite-sized essays.\" Others have labeled contents of The Roving I \"brilliant,\" \"wit and wordplay,\" \"like hanging out at a small-town coffee shop and meeting the guy who knows them all personally,\" and \"an antidote to the ugliness all around us.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind out for yourself why so many maintain you can delight in virtually every word. The book - a quick read that can be savored in one satisfying sitting or one chapter at a time - is available now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce you've dipped into it, you can put it down, of course, but you most likely will choose not to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Woody Weingarten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0990554368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780990554363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vitalitypress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Woody Weingarten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930697711871,"sku":"9780990554363","price":18.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aede0cc4-71bb-4ff8-8e42-136e3455343e.jpg?v=1766343647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-roving-i-woody-weingarten-9780990554363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}