{"product_id":"9781427288639","title":"Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One of the funniest writers in America.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat’s what \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e’s Andy Borowitz calls Jenny Allen—and with good reason. In her debut essay collection, the longtime humorist and performer declares no subject too sacred, no boundary impassable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her eagle eye for the absurd and hilarious, Allen reports from the potholes midway through life’s journey. One moment she’s flirting shamelessly—and unsuccessfully—with a younger man at a wedding; the next she’s stumbling upon X-rated images on her daughter’s computer. She ponders the connection between her ex-husband’s questions about the location of their silverware, and the divorce that came a year later. While undergoing chemotherapy, she experiments with being a “wig person.” And she considers those perplexing questions that we never pause to ask: Why do people say “It is what it is”? What’s the point of fat-free half-and-half ? And haven’t we heard enough about memes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenny Allen’s musings range fluidly from the personal to the philosophical. She writes with the familiarity of someone telling a dinner party anecdote, forgoing decorum for candor and comedy. To listen to \u003ci\u003eWould Everybody Please Stop?\u003c\/i\u003e is to experience life with imaginative and incisive humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058260066544,"sku":"9781427288639","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781427288639_p0.jpg?v=1763746671","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781427288639","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}