{"product_id":"the-lunch-box-chronicles-paperback","title":"The Lunch-Box Chronicles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarion Winik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChild\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Best Book of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For me, parenting is like dieting. Every day, I wake up filled with resolve and good intentions, perfection in view, and every day I somehow stray from the path. The difference is with dieting, I usually make it to lunch. . . .\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the candor and often hilarious outlook that have made her a beloved commentator on NPR, Marion Winik takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through modern parenthood, with all of its attendant anxieties and joys.\u003cbr\u003e A single mother with two small boys, Winik knows exactly what she's talking about, from battles over breakfast and bedtime to the virtues of pre-packaged food and weightier issues like sex education and sibling rivalry. Part memoir and part survival guide, \u003ci\u003eThe Lunch-Box Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging philosophy of parenting from a staunch realist, who knows that kids and their parents both will inevitably fall far short of perfection, and that a \"good enough mom\" really is, in fact, good enough.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChild Magazine Best Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003eFor me, parenting is like dieting. Every day, I wake up filled with resolve and good intentions, perfection in view, and every day I somehow stray from the path. The difference is with dieting, I usually make it to lunch. . . .\" \u003cbr\u003eWith the candor and often hilarious outlook that have made her a beloved commentator on NPR, Marion Winik takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through modern parenthood, with all of its attendant anxieties and joys.\u003cbr\u003e A single mother with two small boys, Winik knows exactly what she's talking about, from battles over breakfast and bedtime to the virtues of pre-packaged food and weightier issues like sex education and sibling rivalry. Part memoir and part survival guide, The Lunch-Box Chronicles is an engaging philosophy of parenting from a staunch realist, who knows that kids and their parents both will inevitably fall far short of perfection, and that a \"good enough mom\" really is, in fact, good enough. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marion Winik proves as able a bard for her generation as Erma Bombeck was for hers. . . . Funny, warmhearted, and chock-full of moments of instant recognition.\" --\"Newsday \u003cbr\u003e\"[H]ilarious and wrenching, it's about being a parent, but it's also about so much more: love, survival, transcendence--and macaroni and cheese.\" --Anne Lamott, author of Operating Instructions \u003cbr\u003e\"Take Erma Bombeck, add the obsessions of a single mother with two boys . . . and you have Marion Winik, as companionable a writer as a crazed parent ever found.\" --\"The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the candor and often hilarious outlook that have made her a beloved commentator on NPR, Marion Winik takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through modern parenthood, with all of its attendant anxieties and joys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single mother with two small boys, Winik knows exactly what she's talking about, from battles over breakfast and bedtime to the virtues of pre-packaged food and weightier issues like sex education and sibling rivalry. Part memoir and part survival guide, The Lunch-Box Chronicles is an engaging philosophy of parenting from a staunch realist, who knows that kids and their parents both will inevitably fall far short of perfection, and that a \"good enough mom\" really is, in fact, good enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarion Winik has been a regular commentator on Nation Public Radio's \u003ci\u003eAll things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e since 1991. Her writing appears regularly in magazines, newspapers and online. She is the author of both \u003ci\u003eTelling\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFirst Comes Love \u003c\/i\u003e(both available from Vintage Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.52 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755628265760,"sku":"9780375701702","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a165807f55e53e0e3c65e39bd4f12742.webp?v=1780064064","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lunch-box-chronicles-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}