{"product_id":"the-slippery-year-melanie-gideon-9780307454867","title":"The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After","description":"\u003cb\u003eA disarmingly hilarious and honest memoir of marriage and motherhood by a woman who realized she was sleepwalking through life and decided she needed to do something about it. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A love song to family and to life.... One of the happiest books to cross our paths in a very long time.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Slippery Year \u003c\/i\u003echronicles her struggle to rediscover meaning and pleasure in life while navigating the comical ups and downs of cohabiting with a husband, a child, and a dog: mattress wars with her snoring mate, the psychological minefield of the school carpool line, and sending her son to sleep-away camp for the first time. Gideon manages to be laugh-out-loud funny while also reflecting beautifully and movingly on her quest to appreciate what she has. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Gideon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030745486X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307454867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.28w x 0.70d","brand":"Melanie Gideon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072187363583,"sku":"9780307454867","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87405eae-7049-4d65-bbcb-6b9a0579ad10.jpg?v=1685440457","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-slippery-year-melanie-gideon-9780307454867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}