{"product_id":"9781617753480","title":"Go the F**k to Sleep (Go the F**k to Sleep Series #1)","description":"\"Nothing has driven home a certain truth about my generation, which is approaching the apex of its childbearing years, quite like this.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A parenting zeitgeist\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A hilarious take on that age-old problem: getting the beloved child to go to sleep.\"\u003cbr\u003e--National Public Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A new Bible for weary parents\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Resonates powerfully with almost everyone\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e challenges stereotypes, opens up prototypes, and acknowledges that shared sense of failure that comes to all parents who weary of ever getting their darling(s) to sleep and briefly resuming the illusion of a life of their own.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach's verses perfectly capture the familiar--and unspoken--tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, they open up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations, and laugh at their absurdity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith illustrations by Ricardo Cortes, \u003ci\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeriously, Just Go to Sleep,\u003c\/i\u003e a children's book inspired by \u003ci\u003eGo the F*** to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e and appropriate for kids of all ages, is forthcoming from Akashic Books in April 2012 and available NOW for pre-order.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135689179376,"sku":"9781617753480","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617753480_p0.jpg?v=1763854547","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617753480","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}