{"product_id":"9781250028846","title":"Life in a Marital Institution: Twenty Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eLIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION is a look inside the manic marriage of opposites, from the winning point of view of the husband, the \"gaspingly funny\" (\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e), \"never less than excellent\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) writer of the hit Off-Broadway show of the same name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe marriage memoir—from Elizabeth Gilbert's \u003ci\u003eCommitted\u003c\/i\u003e to Isabel Gillies's \u003ci\u003eIt Happens Every Day \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003ehas been a balm to beleaguered wives everywhere.  But who speaks for the husbands--and tells you what you never get to hear from your girlfriends?  In this sharp, funny, poignant glimpse into a very unusual marriage, sensitive, decent, shell-shocked James Braly earns the job.  His marriage to a woman who is so \u003ci\u003ebewitching--\u003c\/i\u003ethat at their very first meeting she corrects the handwriting he uses to write her prized name and number on a slip of paper—is by turns fascinating and casually shocking. Thus begins a romance that includes progressive adventures in extended breastfeeding, co-sleeping, even fine dining (dinner parties whose guests include a connoisseur of human placenta: \"pan roasted...in cumin\").\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scenes from Braly's marriage are wrapped around the story that explains why someone chooses such a partnership to begin with: a colorful, kooky family that includes a fierce bomber pilot dad, a debutante heiress mom, and a delightfully druggy sister dying in a Houston hospice, and who'd rather be dead than married to James's wife. In other words, love is what love was--only darkly hilarious.\u003cbr\u003eBraly's one-man show of the same name is currently touring the country, produced by Meredith Vieira Productions, which is developing the show for television.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120968548592,"sku":"9781250028846","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250028846_p0.jpg?v=1769892266","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250028846","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}