{"product_id":"9780061969874","title":"Making Toast: A Family Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A painfully beautiful memoir….Written with such restraint as to be both heartbreaking and instructive.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—E. L. Doctorow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revered, many times honored (George Polk, Peabody, and Emmy Award winner, to name but a few) journalist, novelist, and playwright, Roger Rosenblatt shares the unforgettable story of the tragedy that changed his life and his family. A book that grew out of his popular December 2008 essay in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, Making Toast \u003c\/em\u003eis a moving account of unexpected loss and recovery in the powerful tradition of \u003cem\u003eAbout Alice \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e. Writer Ann Beattie offers high praise to the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eLapham Rising\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeet\u003c\/em\u003e for a memoir that is, “written so forthrightly, but so delicately, that you feel you’re a part of this family.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078550962416,"sku":"9780061969874","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061969874_p0.jpg?v=1763624283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061969874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}