{"product_id":"9780544334533","title":"My Mistake","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wry, witty, often tender memoir by a former \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e editor, magazine writer, and book publisher who offers great tales of a life in words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Menaker started as a fact checker at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1969. With luck, hard work, and the support of William Maxwell, he was eventually promoted to editor. Never beloved by William Shawn, he was advised early on to find a position elsewhere; he stayed for another twenty-four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Menaker brings us a new view of life in that wonderfully strange place and beyond, throughout his more than forty years working to celebrate language and good writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe tells us his own story, too—with irrepressible style and honesty—of a life spent persevering through often difficult, nearly always difficult-to-read, situations. Haunted by a self-doubt sharpened by his role in his brother’s unexpected death, he offers wry, hilarious observations on publishing, child-rearing, parent-losing, and the writing life. But as time goes by, we witness something far beyond the incidental: a moving, thoughtful meditation on years well lived, well read, and well spent. Full of mistakes, perhaps. But full of effort, full of accomplishment, full of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053954613488,"sku":"9780544334533","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544334533_p0.jpg?v=1763711559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544334533","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}