{"product_id":"9781982122539","title":"How Did I Get to Be Forty","description":"\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 and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47492651942174,"sku":"9781982122539","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/8436\/0222\/files\/9781982122539.jpg?v=1785935932","url":"https:\/\/shop.simonandschuster.com\/products\/9781982122539","provider":"Simon and Schuster","version":"1.0","type":"link"}