{"product_id":"9780399169519","title":"I Was a Child: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated memoir by \u003cb\u003erenowned \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ecartoonist \u003c\/b\u003eBruce Eric Kaplan. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e had crash-landed, instead of in the Sahara, into a middle-class Jewish home in Maplewood, N.J. in the late 1960s, it might feel something like \u003ci\u003eI Was a Child\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, is one of the most celebrated and admired cartoonists in America. \u003ci\u003eI Was a Child\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of his childhood in suburban New Jersey, detailing the small moments we all experience: going to school, playing with friends, family dinners, watching TV on a hot summer night, and so on. It would seem like a conventional childhood, although Kaplan's anecdotes are accompanied by his signature drawings of family outings and life at home-road trips, milk crates, hamsters, ashtrays, a toupee, a platypus, and much more. Kaplan's cartoons, although simple, are never straightforward; they encompass an easy irony and dark humor that often cuts straight to the truth of experience. Brilliantly relatable and genuinely moving, \u003ci\u003eI Was a Child\u003c\/i\u003e is about our attempts to understand the mysteries that are our parents, our families, and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025203151088,"sku":"9780399169519","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780399169519_p0.jpg?v=1763698393","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780399169519","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}