{"product_id":"9781982122539","title":"How Did I Get to Be Forty: And Other Atrocities","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eViorst, Judith\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/2\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd so you’ve reached that time in life when you’re starting to “pick investments over adventure, \/ And clean over scenic, and comfortable over intense”; when, even though in your heart of hearts you’re much younger, the rest of you is (\u003ci\u003ehow did it happen?\u003c\/i\u003e) forty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudith Viorst, the wise and witty lady of \u003ci\u003eIt’s Hard to Be Hip Over 30 and Other Tragedies of Married Life,\u003c\/i\u003e is here to guide you through these forty-ish years with poems that reflect the highs, the lows, and the everything-in-betweens of midlife. Viorst playfully considers the prospects of sagging kneecaps, awkward college reunions, and fantasies of love in the afternoon; being baffled by one’s Buddhist bisexual vegetarian Maoist offspring; cholesterol counts, adult-education courses and other atrocities of midlife—which somehow aren’t as painful when you can laugh at them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFilled with warmth, humor, and insight, \u003ci\u003eHow Did I Get to Be 40 \u0026amp; Other Atrocities\u003c\/i\u003e is Judith Viorst at her best.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43405341688063,"sku":"9781982122539","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_f0c3ecae-010c-43f9-ba47-44336a9eff2e.jpg?v=1755800720","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781982122539","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}