{"product_id":"0374133182-the_cursing_mommys_book_of_days_a_novel","title":"The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days: A Novel","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on his widely read columns for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, Ian Frazier’s uproarious first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cursing Mommy’s Book of Days\u003c\/i\u003e, centers on a profoundly memorable character, sprung from an impressively fertile imagination. Structured as a daybook of sorts, the book follows the Cursing Mommy—beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and eight—as she tries (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass. Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Diller’s and Sylvia Plath’s: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrazier has demonstrated an astonishing ability to operate with ease in a variety of registers: from \u003ci\u003eOn the Rez\u003c\/i\u003e, an investigation into the lives of modern day Oglala Sioux written with a mix of humor, compassion, and imagination, to \u003ci\u003eDating Your Mom\u003c\/i\u003e, a sidesplitting collection of humorous essays that imagines, among other things, how and why you might begin a romance with your mother. Here, Frazier tackles another genre with his usual grace and aplomb, as well as an extra helping of his trademark wicked wit. The Cursing Mommy’s failures and weaknesses are our own—and Frazier gives them a loving, satirical spin that is uniquely his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eFamily Life\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Used - Acceptable","offer_id":46671279128766,"sku":"0374133182-5","price":15.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/61AeIgAQtXL.jpg?v=1776882672","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0374133182-the_cursing_mommys_book_of_days_a_novel","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}