{"product_id":"someone-will-be-with-you-shortly-notes-from-a-perfectly-imperfect-life-paperback","title":"Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Kogan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Kogan's] wry observations of everyday life will hearten you on your worst days, validate you on your best, and make you laugh any day at all.\" -- Martha Beck, author of \u003cem\u003eExpecting Adam\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Finding Your Own North Star\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSomeone Will Be with You Shortly\u003c\/em\u003e is a delectable blend of wit, whimsy, pith, and poignancy. If David Sedaris were a girl... this is the book he'd write.\" -- Evan Handler, author of\u003cem\u003e It's Only Temporary\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone Will Be with You Shortly\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of the hilarious and poignant essays from beloved \u003cem\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e columnist Lisa Kogan. Writing in the vein of Nora Ephron, Kogan has been called \"the Erma Bombeck of our generation\" (Kelly Corrigan, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Middle Place \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLift\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem\u003eSomeone Will Be with You Shortly\u003c\/em\u003e, she brings her trademark humor to such real-life quandaries as single motherhood, aging, and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Kogan is a forty-nine-year-old single mother who maintains that every human being deserves a great mattress, a comfortable pair of shoes, and a very smart shrink, and that no one has grown a decent tomato since 1963. She used to think the world wasn't all that complicated, but along came AIDS and crystal meth and the tankini, and she had to think again. Still, she's nostalgic for that time when you were forced to walk all the way across the room to change channels and there was no such thing as a spy satellite capable of spotting the precancerous mole on her left thigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with self-deprecating humor and a deep appreciation for what really matters, \u003cem\u003eSomeone Will Be with You Shortly\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for anyone who has ever been unnerved by pleather pants, lunch meat, or ambivalent men (not necessarily in that order), and believes that life is a fragile bit of luck in a world based on chance.\u003c\/p\u003e--Amy Hempel, author of The Collected Stories\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Kogan is a forty-nine-year-old single mother who maintains that every human being deserves a great mattress, a comfortable pair of shoes, and a very smart shrink, and that no one has grown a decent tomato since 1963. She used to think the world wasn't all that complicated, but along came AIDS and crystal meth and the tankini, and she had to think again. Still, she's nostalgic for that time when you were forced to walk all the way across the room to change channels and there was no such thing as a spy satellite capable of spotting the precancerous mole on her left thigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with self-deprecating humor and a deep appreciation for what really matters, \u003cem\u003eSomeone Will Be with You Shortly\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for anyone who has ever been unnerved by pleather pants, lunch meat, or ambivalent men (not necessarily in that order), and believes that life is a fragile bit of luck in a world based on chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52443842674995,"sku":"9780061735035","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Wkhhd2VqNkQ0TlNKc0lmRkdaSDRLZz09.webp?v=1758927213","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/someone-will-be-with-you-shortly-notes-from-a-perfectly-imperfect-life-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}