{"product_id":"9780735218420","title":"Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-Up Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the iconic creator of the \"Cathy\" comic strip comes a collection of funny, warm, and wise essays in the style of Nora Ephron and Erma Bombeck, centered around the particular challenge of caring for aging parents and growing children, all while trying not to lose oneself in the process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the creator of the \"Cathy\" comic strip, Cathy Guisewite found her way into the hearts of readers over 40 years ago, and has been there ever since. Her deeply funny and relatable look at the life of a frazzled career woman became a cultural touchstone for women everywhere, and now, in her debut essay collection, Guisewite returns with her signature self-deprecating wit and warmth, this time taking a look at her own life. The autobiographical essays that make up \u003ci\u003eFifty Things That Aren't My Fault\u003c\/i\u003e offer a disarming, hilarious, and wise look at the lives of \"the sandwich generation,\" which Guisewite calls \"the panini generation.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, Guisewite turns her uniquely wry and funny gaze to her own day-to-day life, with topics ranging from the mundane—teaching her parents to use TiVo, organizing four decades of photos, attempting to meditate—to the more profound—her struggle to find a purpose post-retirement, helping her parents downsize their lives, and her personal definitions of feminism. Humorous, warm, and poignant,\u003ci\u003e Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal reading for mothers, daughters, and everyone who is caught somewhere in between, and on the threshold of \"What Happens Next.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Publications International, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028519567600,"sku":"9780735218420","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780735218420_p0.jpg?v=1763624910","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780735218420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}