{"product_id":"i-am-trying-to-love-you-paperback","title":"I Am Trying to Love You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEm Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI Am Trying To Love You\u003c\/i\u003e, the author vulnerably opens themselves up to exploring their bittersweet relationships and self with a rigorous and sloppy honesty. The result is a quirky and raw memoir that is felt by the reader as a kind of really funny and revealing therapy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I wrote these comics between 2019-2022, when I was clumsily and painfully navigating the feral whims of my heart, and desperately trying to understand anything about myself at all. I was chaotic, so my relationships were chaotic. I didn't know it at the time, but I had no real capacity to be honest with myself, and I think I became so jeopardized by that lack of honesty, that I had to unconsciously create a new way to interact with myself with rigorous accountability and candidness, and this book became that.\" -- From the author's introduction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEm (Emma Jon-Michael Frank)\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Never Found You, Dark Garbage, Is This The Right Color\u003c\/i\u003e and two collaborative books, \u003ci\u003eThings To Do...\u003c\/i\u003ewith Tara Booth, and \u003ci\u003eThe Archway\u003c\/i\u003e with Patrick Kyle. They live in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769399738656,"sku":"9781942801375","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/76670d2e26ed965cdc88d673843c9dfa.webp?v=1780347122","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-am-trying-to-love-you-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}