{"product_id":"2940169485929","title":"They May Not Mean To, But They Do: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoy Bergman is not slipping into old age with the quiet grace her children, Molly and Daniel, would prefer. She won't take their advice, and she \u003ci\u003ewon't\u003c\/i\u003e take an antidepressant.  Her marriage to their father, Aaron, has lasted through health and dementia, as well as some phenomenally lousy business decisions. The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and same-sex spouses. But families don't just grow, they grow old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathleen Schine's \u003ci\u003eThey May Not Mean To, but They Do\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, sometimes hilarious intergenerational story about searching for where you belong as your family changes with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Aaron dies, Molly and Daniel have no shortage of solutions for their mother's loneliness and despair, but there is one challenge they did not count on: the reappearance of an ardent suitor from Joy's college days. They didn't count on Joy suddenly becoming as willful and rebellious as their own kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith sympathy, humor, and truth, Schine explores the intrusion of old age into a large and loving family. \u003ci\u003eThey May Not Mean To, but They Do\u003c\/i\u003e is a radiantly compassionate look at three generations, all coming of age together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Macmillan Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104527565040,"sku":"2940169485929","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169485929_p0.jpg?v=1763683977","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169485929","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}