{"product_id":"9781429916097","title":"I Heart My In-Laws: Falling in Love with His Family--One Passive-Aggressive, Over-Indulgent, Grandkid-Craving, Streisand-Loving, Bible-Thumping In-Law at a Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA practical, laugh-out-loud guide to adopting your man's family—from your first date to your firstborn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGirlfriends, fiancées, and wives rejoice! Here, at last, is a book you can turn to in times of stress, panic, and family vacations to the smallest cottage ever built on the island of Nantucket. Mirroring the natural progression of a relationship and incorporating interviews from women just like you, this hilarious, savvy guide will help you survive your first meeting with future in-laws, from the holidays, weddings, and new babies, to the day they retire to the house next door because \"it's a great real estate investment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover a wide array of sanity-retention techniques and tips on scoring major points with each and every in-law. Learn how to sweet-talk his sister, mollify his mother, and defuse potentially explosive situations—like when your pumpkin pie gives Nana a bad case of hives. Stories range from the tragic \"my father-in-law just pinched my ass and not in that sportsmanship kind of way,\" to the triumphant \"I'm now CEO of my grandfather-in-law's cement company—Thanks Pupup!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering handy translation charts with curse words in Persian and compliments in Cantonese, a list of gifts and how to interpret their hidden meaning, tips for reclaiming the holidays one Bastille Day at a time, and your very own set of Mother-in-Law MadLibs, \u003ci\u003eI Heart My In-laws\u003c\/i\u003e embodies the old saying, \"It's funny because it's true.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128035426544,"sku":"9781429916097","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429916097_p0.jpg?v=1769901646","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429916097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}