{"product_id":"ladyparts-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Ladyparts: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Copaken\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart--from the \"brilliant mind\" (Michaela Coel, creator of \u003ci\u003eI May Destroy You\u003c\/i\u003e) behind \u003ci\u003eShutterbabe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you'll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of healing.\"--Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMaybe You Should Talk to Someone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eREAL SIMPLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm crawling around on the bathroom floor, picking up pieces of myself. These pieces are not a metaphor. They are actual pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwenty years after her iconic memoir \u003ci\u003eShutterbabe, \u003c\/i\u003e Deborah Copaken is at her darkly comedic nadir: battered, broke, divorcing, dissected, and dying--literally--on sexism's battlefield as she scoops up what she believes to be her internal organs into a glass container before heading off to the hospital . . . in an UberPool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLadyparts\u003c\/i\u003e is Copaken's irreverent inventory of both the female body and the body politic of womanhood in America, the story of one woman brought to her knees by the one-two-twelve punch of divorce, solo motherhood, healthcare Frogger, unaffordable childcare, shady landlords, her father's death, college tuitions, sexual harassment, corporate indifference, ageism, sexism, and plain old bad luck. Plus seven serious illnesses, one atop the other, which provide the book's narrative skeleton: vagina, uterus, breast, heart, cervix, brain, and lungs. Copaken bounces back from each bum body part, finds workarounds for every setback--she transforms her home into a commune to pay rent, sells her soul for health insurance, turns FBI informant when her sexual harasser gets a presidential appointment--but in her slippery struggle to survive a steep plunge off the middle-class ladder, she is suddenly awoken to what it means to have no safety net. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSide-splittingly funny one minute, a freak horror show the next, quintessentially American throughout, \u003ci\u003eLadyparts\u003c\/i\u003e is an era-defining memoir.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Copaken\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eShutterbabe, The Red Book, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetween Here and April\u003c\/i\u003e. A contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and she was also a TV writer on \u003ci\u003eEmily in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, a performer (The Moth, etc.), and an Emmy Award-winning news producer and photojournalist. Her photographs have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParis Match\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Her column, \"When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist,\" was adapted for the \u003ci\u003eModern Love\u003c\/i\u003e streaming series. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759012643104,"sku":"9781984855497","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/de34c53f0e2a969e693084c8049e1e9f.webp?v=1780140969","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ladyparts-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}