{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-husband-9780399172939","title":"How to be a Husband","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile this book is indeed titled How to Be a Husband  please do not mistake it for a self-help book. Tim Dowlingcolumnist for The Guardian  husband  father of three  a person who once got into a shark tank for moneydoes not purport to have any pearls of wisdom about wedded life. What he does have is more than twenty years of marriage experience  and plenty of hilarious advice for what not to do in almost every conjugal situation.  With the sharp wit that has made his Guardian columns a weekly must-read  Dowling explores what it means to be a good husband in the twenty-first century. The bar has been raised dramatically in the last hundred years: back in the day  every time you went out for cigarettes  it was simply expected that you came back. Now  every time youre sent out for espresso pods and tampons  it is expected that you come back with the right sort. And being a father doesnt seem to command much innate respect these days  either. When his first child was born  Dowling imagined himself eliciting a natural awe as the distant  authoritative figurehead; he did not anticipate his children hijacking his Twitter account to post heartfelt admissions of loserdom like Hi  I suck at everything I try in life.  Still  two decades of wedded bliss is nothing to sneeze at  particularly from a couple who agreed to get married with the resigned determination of two people plotting to bury a body in the woods. How to Be a Husband is a wickedly funny guide to surviving the era of The End of Men (hint: it involves DIY)  and an unexpectedly poignant memoir about love  marriage  and staying together until death doth you part.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67930198376501,"sku":"ByrdShop_0399172939","price":60.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780399172939.jpg?v=1794207574","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-husband-9780399172939","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}