{"product_id":"please-excuse-my-daughter-9781594483578","title":"Please Excuse My Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eLook out for Julies new book  The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters.  From the author of Friendkeeping and Love at First Bark  one womans hilarious  bittersweet account of growing up in a family of career-shunning  dependence-seeking women and her journey to a state of twenty-first-century self-reliance.  Julie Klam was raised as the only daughter of a Jewish family in the exclusive WASP stronghold of Bedford  New York. Her mother was sharp  glamorous  and funny  but did not think that work was a womans responsibility. Her father was fully supportive  not just of his wifes staying at home  but also of her extravagant lifestyle. Her mothers offbeat parenting style-taking Julie out of school to go to lunch at Bloomingdales  for example-made her feel well-cared-for (and well-dressed) but left her unprepared for graduating and entering the real world. She had been brought up to look pretty and wait for a rich man to sweep her off her feet. But what happened if he never showed up?  When Julie gets married to a hardworking but not wealthy man-one who expects her to be part of a modern couple and contribute financially to the marriage-she realizes how ambivalent and ill-equipped she is for life. Once she gives birth to a daughter  she knows she must grow up  get to work  and teach her child the self-reliance that she never learned. Delivered in an uproariously funny  sweet  self-effacing  and utterly memorable voice  Please Excuse My Daughter is a bighearted memoir from an irresistible new writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272503025717,"sku":"ByrdShop_1594483574","price":63.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781594483578.jpg?v=1780480301","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/please-excuse-my-daughter-9781594483578","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}