{"product_id":"book-dm51","title":"Dead Mom Walking","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHORTLISTED\u003c\/i\u003e for the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHORTLISTED \u003c\/i\u003efor the 2021 Vine Award in Non-Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A comedy for catastrophic times.\" —CBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A hilarious memoir of effervescent misadventures.\" —\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How am I laughing at someone's mother's cancer? How? We think we can't laugh about death, about cancer, about our mothers and their suffering . . . and we can't, but we can. And there's so much relief in that.\" —Carolyn Taylor, BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA whip-smart and darkly funny memoir about an unconventional family, the limits of wellness fads, and the mother of all catastrophes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Matlow’s eccentric mom, Elaine, never quite followed the script handed down to her. Her bold out-there-ness made it okay for Rachel to be their genderqueer self and live life on their own terms. But when Elaine decides to try to heal her cancer naturally, Rachel has to draw the line. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat ensues is a tug of war between logical and magical thinking, an odyssey through New Age remedies ranging from herbal tinctures and juice cleanses to a countryside ayahuasca trip, and a portrait of a mother and child who’ve never been physically closer or ideologically further apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn facing their inimitable mother’s death, Rachel has written a book bursting with life—the epic adventures and epic fails, the broken limbs and belly laughs. As hilarious as it is poignant, \u003ci\u003eDead Mom Walking\u003c\/i\u003e is about writing the story of your life only to find out that life has other plans.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49328011018544,"sku":"BDdm51","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/361377-dm51-Square.jpg?v=1733703559","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dm51","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}