{"title":"Patricia Marx","description":"\u003cp\u003eDive into the witty and insightful world of Patricia Marx. From humorous essays to sharp cultural commentary, Marx's writing offers a delightful blend of intellect and charm. Perfect for fans of Nora Ephron.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"him-her-him-again-the-end-of-him-book-patricia-marx-9781847392121","title":"Him Her Him Again the End of Him","description":"Take one unabashedly neurotic American girl and put her in the dusty world of post-graduate Cambridge, where she is the only virgin on campus. Introduce her to Eugene Obello: philosopher, narcissist and cad; recipient of a grant to pursue Ego Studies. The result? The kind of twisted, compulsive, all-consuming passion that will endure separation, marriage (his), parenthood (his), and countless affairs (all his).   Her friends loathehim. Why can't she drop him? Even moving back home to Philadelphia doesn't help; nor landing a script-writing job in New York, on the hit sketch-comedy programme Taped But Proud.   Coincidentally, Eugene also moves to New York, to teach a seminar entitled 'Towards a Philosophy of the Number Two'. Cue more lusting and longing, hoping and waiting. Until a spectacular event changes everything . . .","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49564617343249,"sku":"GOR001920464","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1847392121.jpg?v=1751422770"},{"product_id":"him-her-him-again-the-end-of-him-book-patricia-marx-9780743296236","title":"Him Her Him Again the End of Him","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572642783505,"sku":"GOR013598580","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50361273516305,"sku":"CIN0743296230G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52967387103505,"sku":"CIN0743296230VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743296230.jpg?v=1751361213"},{"product_id":"you-can-only-yell-at-me-for-one-thing-at-a-time-book-patricia-marx-9781250225139","title":"You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time","description":"Everyone knows the tired, clichéd advice for a healthy relationship: Never go to bed angry. The couple that plays together, stays together. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Sexual favors in exchange for cleaning up the cat vomit is a good and fair trade.  Okay, maybe not that last one. In You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples, the authors of Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It share their fresh, new romance tips that will make you laugh, make you feel seen, and remind you why your relationship is better than everyone else’s. These nuggets of advice include:  If you must breathe, don’t breathe so loudly.  It is easier to stay inside and wait for the snow to melt than to fight about who should shovel.  Queen-sized beds, king-sized blankets.  And many more. You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time is the perfect gift for your significant other, your friendly anti-Valentine’s Day crusader, or anyone in your life who wants to laugh about the absurdity of love.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49581853147409,"sku":"GOR012920087","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50378469671185,"sku":"CIN1250225132A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50446254375185,"sku":"CIN1250225132VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51021818855697,"sku":"NIN9781250225139","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52105952461073,"sku":"CIN1250225132G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250225132.jpg?v=1750986244"},{"product_id":"skinny-book-patricia-marx-9780440508557","title":"The Skinny","description":"The essays in If You're Not Free At Work, Where Are You Free: Literature and Social Change focus on the interconnection of community\/workplace\/individual and how literature has a role in social struggles aimed at making that nexus more liberatory. Certain essays develop some of Wayman's earlier ideas concerning the potential of imaginative writing that takes daily work as its central theme. The range of topics includes various social issues in contemporary writing--narrative, love poems, the teaching (and hence status) of poetry, and postmodernism.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609559867665,"sku":"GOR003029059","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50233510691089,"sku":"CIN044050855XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50354244452625,"sku":"CIN044050855XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53150428954897,"sku":"GOR005416319","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/044050855X.jpg?v=1751358905"},{"product_id":"why-don-t-you-write-my-eulogy-now-so-i-can-correct-it-book-patricia-marx-9781250301963","title":"Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?","description":"Every mother knows best, but New Yorker writer Patty Marx's knows better. Patty has never been able to shake her mother's one-line witticisms from her brain, so she's collected them into a book, accompanied by full color illustrations by New Yorker staff cartoonist Roz Chast. These snappy maternal cautions include:   If you feel guilty about throwing away leftovers, put them in the back of your refrigerator for five days and then throw them out.  If you run out of food at your dinner party, the world will end.   When traveling, call the hotel from the airport to say there aren't enough towels in your room and, by the way, you'd like a room with a better view.  Why don't you write my eulogy now so I can correct it?  Every child will want to buy this for mom on Mother's Day!","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49748678017297,"sku":"CIN1250301963G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50570688299281,"sku":"GOR009960094","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50581210923281,"sku":"CIN1250301963VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51021974307089,"sku":"NIN9781250301963","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250301963.jpg?v=1751175872"},{"product_id":"meet-my-staff-book-patricia-marx-9780060274849","title":"Meet My Staff","description":"Meet Walter.And better yet, turn the pages and --meet his staff. The Gum Guy, who archives his chewed-up gum. His Homework Helper who does...well, you know. A complete Dream Team, to do his sleeping for him...And thats only the beginning!This laugh-out-loud picture book is a dream come true for any kid who has ever wanted someone else to kiss Aunt Winnie or eat their lima beans. Author Patricia Marx and illustrator Roz Chast prove with hilarity that anyone can have the staff they need, if they have enough imagination.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758372659473,"sku":"CIN0060274840VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50522525958417,"sku":"CIN0060274840A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51767937368337,"sku":"CIN0060274840G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0060274840.jpg?v=1751035833"},{"product_id":"how-to-regain-your-virginity-and-99-other-recent-discoveries-about-sex-book-patricia-marx-9780894803659","title":"How to Regain Your Virginity-- and 99 Other Recent Discoveries about Sex","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49809116266769,"sku":"CIN0894803654G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50325484732689,"sku":"CIN0894803654VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50372400709905,"sku":"CIN0894803654A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0894803654.jpg?v=1750884275"},{"product_id":"him-her-him-again-the-end-of-him-book-patricia-marx-9780743296243","title":"Him Her Him Again the End of Him","description":"Former Saturday Night Live writer Patricia Marx brings her clever, deadpan humor to this addictively readable novel about one woman's comic obsession with her first boyfriend. A neurotic young graduate student looking for distraction from her doomed thesis is inexplicably swept off her feet by a narcissistic philosophy professor. The obsession continues even after he has dumped her for someone even needier and she has given up on school and become a television writer. Meeting again in New York, they begin an adulterous affair that, of course, can only end in some kind of crisis. Smart, lively, and original, Him Her Him Again The End of Him is an endlessly entertaining reimagining of the comedy of manners.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50011391164689,"sku":"CIN0743296249VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50358381248785,"sku":"CIN0743296249G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51006477500689,"sku":"NIN9780743296243","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":51330843410705,"sku":"CIN0743296249LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743296249.jpg?v=1750945665"},{"product_id":"blockbuster-book-patricia-marx-9780553344981","title":"Blockbuster","description":"\u003cb\u003eFormer\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e writers Patricia Marx and Douglas G. McGrath take aim at Hollywood in this wicked, satirical novel about the making of the flop of flops.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through the 1930s and 40s, X. Y. Schwerdloff brought us the best: the best comedies (\u003ci\u003eLet's Play Golf\u003c\/i\u003e), the best dramas (\u003ci\u003eSurprise Witness\u003c\/i\u003e), the best musicals (\u003ci\u003eSing-a-ling\u003c\/i\u003e), even the best World War I propaganda (\u003ci\u003eTokyo, Kansas\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But by the 60s, the legendary Schwerdloff studio had fallen on hard times. To get out of accepting an assignment at the studio, many actors served in Vietnam. Fugitives liked to appear in a Schwerdloff film because they would be safe from being seen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, it is up to Bucky Schwerdloff to save his father's studio. He must produce a blockbuster. To do so, he hires the most successful director in Hollywood, Ferris Keneally, whose last film, \u003ci\u003eThe Blinkies, \u003c\/i\u003ebroke box office records. Bucky promises Keneally that he can make whatever film he wants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thus begins the hilarious drama of the most breathtaking flop in Hollywood history. There has never been a film to match Keneally's version of\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eThe Pilgrim's Progress, \u003c\/i\u003e about which one film critic wrote: You are mesmerized by it . . . the same way you can't take your eyes away from a bad car accident. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most original and witty takeoffs on Hollywood . . . a delicious read.--Judith Crist\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50097843863825,"sku":"CIN0553344986A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50288284336401,"sku":"CIN0553344986G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51896628642065,"sku":"CIN0553344986VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B00AQ7H0HS.jpg?v=1750912178"},{"product_id":"joey-t-and-the-missing-cookie-book-patricia-marx-9780689814167","title":"Joey T. and the Missing Cookie","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50239176245521,"sku":"CIN068981416XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50324016365841,"sku":"CIN068981416XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50356234092817,"sku":"CIN068981416XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/068981416X.jpg?v=1751199372"},{"product_id":"1-003-great-things-about-moms-book-lisa-birnbach-9780740722394","title":"1,003 Great Things About Moms","description":"In delightfully droll bullet points and wacky boxed lists, this tribute to mothers everywhere provides a thousand--make that a thousand and three—reasons to acknowledge and appreciate that all-important female parent in our lives. How did these three talented authors find so many truisms about motherhood? Everyone who has a mother will understand completely once they get their hands on 1,003 Great Things About Moms. It's a sweet and sassy look at what makes moms so special.     When you're sick in bed, she'll let you watch horrible soap operas and infomercials.   She's not offended when you pour ketchup all over the dinner she makes for you.   At the peak of your ugly phase, she still thinks you're cute.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50289221697809,"sku":"CIN0740722395VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51688464056593,"sku":"CIN0740722395G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0740722395.jpg?v=1751328318"},{"product_id":"1-003-great-things-about-friends-book-patricia-marx-9780740700217","title":"1,003 Great Things about Friends","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50359112139025,"sku":"CIN0740700219G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52698725089553,"sku":"CIN0740700219VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0740700219.jpg?v=1751199391"},{"product_id":"let-s-be-less-stupid-book-patricia-marx-9781455554959","title":"Let's Be Less Stupid","description":"Former \u003ci\u003eSNL\u003c\/i\u003e writer and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staffer Patty Marx employs the weapon she wields best--not \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e weapon; Patty believes in gun control. Instead, she uses her sharp-edged humor to tackle the most difficult facet of aging: the mind's decline. From forgetting her brother-in-law's name while he was wearing a nametag to hanging up the phone to look for her phone, Marx confesses to her failures, and not only to make you feel better about yourself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLet's Be Less Stupid\u003c\/i\u003e Patty addresses troubling conundrums, such as: If there are more neural connections in your brain than stars in the Milky Way, why did you put the butter dish in your nightstand drawer? Patty's quest to get smarter includes just about everything: learning Cherokee, popping pills (not the good kind), and listening to--who's the guy who didn't write \u003ci\u003edum de de dum\u003c\/i\u003e but the other one?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50376082391313,"sku":"CIN1455554952G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51527579468049,"sku":"GOR008155374","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1455554952.jpg?v=1751338929"},{"product_id":"let-s-be-less-stupid-book-patricia-marx-9781455554966","title":"Let's Be Less Stupid","description":"Former \u003ci\u003eSNL\u003c\/i\u003e writer and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staffer Patty Marx employs the weapon she wields best--not \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e weapon; Patty believes in gun control. Instead, she uses her sharp-edged humor to tackle the most difficult facet of aging: the mind's decline. From forgetting her brother-in-law's name while he was wearing a nametag to hanging up the phone to look for her phone, Marx confesses to her failures, and not only to make you feel better about yourself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLet's Be Less Stupid\u003c\/i\u003e Patty addresses troubling conundrums, such as: If there are more neural connections in your brain than stars in the Milky Way, why did you put the butter dish in your nightstand drawer? Patty's quest to get smarter includes just about everything: learning Cherokee, popping pills (not the good kind), and listening to--who's the guy who didn't write \u003ci\u003edum de de dum\u003c\/i\u003e but the other one?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50376086913297,"sku":"CIN1455554960G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1455554960.jpg?v=1750827394"},{"product_id":"tired-town-book-patricia-marx-9781250859129","title":"Tired Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodnight Moon\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eGoodnight Already!\u003c\/i\u003e in this very funny bedtime book from \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e contributors Patricia Marx and Roz Chast.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the story of Nellie Bee Nightly, who is not tired at all. And swears she never will be!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The popcorn is too pooped to pop, and the nightstand is too tired to stand up straight and must lie down -- but Nellie? Nope, she's wide awake, and not ready for bedtime AT ALL. Instead, she gives her goldfish a mustache and hangs her bed from the ceiling so that she can install a swimming pool in her room. Nellie, after all, went to sleep \u003ci\u003elast\u003c\/i\u003e night, and shouldn't that be enough sleep to last a lifetime?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wonderfully quirky, subversively sweet, and effortlessly classic, \u003ci\u003eTired Town\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant new bedtime story from humorist Patricia Marx and Roz Chast, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling and award-winning creator of \u003ci\u003eCan't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Must Be Dreaming.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50379627200785,"sku":"CIN1250859123G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51022136181009,"sku":"NIN9781250859129","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51612325019921,"sku":"CIN1250859123VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52996981653777,"sku":"CIN1250859123LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250859123.jpg?v=1750754859"},{"product_id":"starting-from-happy-book-patricia-marx-9781439101285","title":"Starting from Happy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant portrait of a long-term relationship, with all the disappointments and occasional triumphs that entails. A funny, sad and original take on the mating game (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile waiting in line for apple pie at a party, Imogene Gilfeather, a lingerie designer who does not understand the reason for romance, meets Wally Yez, a scientist. Imogene is told that Wally is the perfect guy. (Perfect, she replies, is not my type.) Unfazed by Imogene's indifference, Wally resolves to win her over. E-mails turn into late-night phone calls; one date turns into two and then more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWally is certain he and Imogene are meant for each other. (They both use mechanical pencils  Neither has had mumps ) But convincing his beloved is another matter. In defiance of the odds, or the gods, or perhaps just Imogene's qualms, Wally and Imogene become a pair. Will Imogene indulge Wally's longing for children? Can they possibly end as happily as they've begun? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarting from Happy \u003c\/i\u003eis a winning and sophisticated look at a rather zany couple as they come of age, and then just age--by one of the finest comic writers of our time.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50382694023441,"sku":"CIN1439101280G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53370108182801,"sku":"CIN1439101280VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1439101280.jpg?v=1750890897"},{"product_id":"dot-in-larryland-book-patricia-marx-9781599901817","title":"Dot in Larryland","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50384687169809,"sku":"CIN1599901811G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1599901811.jpg?v=1750927235"},{"product_id":"home-colleging-book-patricia-marx-9780761158905","title":"Home Colleging","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Lumpkin Home College  Why Lumpkin, you ask? Because, Bradley H. Lumpkin, you took Ceramics instead of Physics. Because Pot Is My Passion wasn't a smart topic for your college application essay. Because of that thing with the police. Because, honey, you have no choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Colleging\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect book for any parent who has ever completed the grueling marathon of getting a child into college--and for every kid who survived the process. Written by two \u003ci\u003eHarvard Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e alumnae and coauthors of \u003ci\u003eHow to Regain Your Virginity\u003c\/i\u003e, and illustrated throughout, this hilarious spoof revolves around Mrs. Lumpkin's plan to home-college her loser son, Bradley. The satire is spot-on: There's the Campus: \u003ci\u003eSituated on a sweeping quarter acre in a center-hall Colonial that could use some paint\u003c\/i\u003e . . . The Mission Statement: \u003ci\u003eWe're just trying to make the best of a bad situation.\u003c\/i\u003e The Course Catalog: \u003ci\u003eArchaeology 206: Includes a field trip to Bradley H. Lumpkin's bed, where we will excavate for pizza crusts and coinage, as well as cell phones dating back to the early paleo-iPhone era.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Plus Student Clubs (A Cappella in the Shower), Greek Life (Feta Cheese Thursdays), Athletics--the court-ordered weekly trip to pick up litter along exits 37 to 39. But do take note: Lumpkin does not have a liquor license.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52399212691729,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52399213248785,"sku":"CIN0761158901VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780761158905.jpg?v=1758731082"},{"product_id":"starting-from-happy-book-patricia-marx-9781439101292","title":"Starting from Happy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant portrait of a long-term relationship, with all the disappointments and occasional triumphs that entails. A funny, sad and original take on the mating game (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile waiting in line for apple pie at a party, Imogene Gilfeather, a lingerie designer who does not understand the reason for romance, meets Wally Yez, a scientist. Imogene is told that Wally is the perfect guy. (Perfect, she replies, is not my type.) Unfazed by Imogene's indifference, Wally resolves to win her over. E-mails turn into late-night phone calls; one date turns into two and then more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWally is certain he and Imogene are meant for each other. (They both use mechanical pencils  Neither has had mumps ) But convincing his beloved is another matter. In defiance of the odds, or the gods, or perhaps just Imogene's qualms, Wally and Imogene become a pair. Will Imogene indulge Wally's longing for children? Can they possibly end as happily as they've begun? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarting from Happy \u003c\/i\u003eis a winning and sophisticated look at a rather zany couple as they come of age, and then just age--by one of the finest comic writers of our time.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53615284650257,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53615284715793,"sku":"NIN9781439101292","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781439101292.jpg?v=1780396567"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/collections\/autor-buecher-von-patricia-marx.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}