{"product_id":"it-takes-a-worried-man-a-memoir","title":"It Takes a Worried Man: A Memoir","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIt Takes a Worried Man: A Memoir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBrendan Halpin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812966879\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn September 2000, Brendan Halpin discovered that his thirty-two-year-old wife had stage four breast cancer. On October 7, he sat down to begin writing about what happens to a man who fears that his best friend might leave him forever. \u003cbr\u003eWhile his wife's condition is always in his thoughts, Halpin's memoir focuses more on the day-to-day, moment-to-moment concerns of a young English teacher forced into the role of temporary single parent to his young daughter, forced to test his relationship with his wife, and forced to face his own fears. \u003cbr\u003e\"It Takes a Worried Man\" brilliantly skewers everyone from medical professionals to family members and details how work, pop music, and movies about flesh-eating zombies helped to save Halpin's sanity. His rants about popular culture, God, and children's birthday parties add levity and a fast pace to the narrative.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"It Takes a Worried Man: A Memoir | Brendan Halpin | Paperback | 9780812966879 | Used: Very Good | Memoir 1620487","offer_id":48699564228760,"sku":"1620487","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"It Takes a Worried Man: A Memoir | Brendan Halpin | Paperback | 9780812966879 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1749983","offer_id":48882189566104,"sku":"1749983","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/5181G3XV2EL.jpg?v=1771953966","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/it-takes-a-worried-man-a-memoir","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}