{"product_id":"9780743476195","title":"Self Abuse : Love, Loss and Fatherhood","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSelf Abuse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jonathan Self\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the age of three Jonathan Self had only one ambition: not to be like his father. Despite his determination to be a better man -- and a better parent than his own had been -- Jonathan was a twice-divorced father of three and, at age thirty-five, spiraling. \u003ci\u003eSelf Abuse\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Jonathan's efforts to break free from the cycle of despair and dysfunction that characterized his youth. A brilliantly rendered, unapologetic memoir about the pain and joy of parenthood, Jonathan's story is as heartbreaking, redemptive, and unforgettable as it is true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"This life is funny, appalling, and dark.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Stephen Blanchard, \u003ci\u003eTime Out (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An honest heartbreaker of a book that should be compulsory reading for anyone who brings a child into the world.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Tony Parsons\u003cbr\u003e\"Jonathan Self's compulsive, beautifully written memoir [is] all the more powerful for its sparse, bleak honesty...once you start reading you cannot stop.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eThe London Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...violently funny. A treat for those who think their folks were a handful.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Bruce Jay Friedman, author of \u003ci\u003eEven the Rhinos Were Nymphos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A harrowing, hilarious, headlong book. Mr. Self writes at all times as if he were launching himself off a cliff. By ruthlessly exposing his own failings he paints a wrenching and unforgettable picture of the terrible predicaments all modern fathers face.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Tony Hendra, author of \u003ci\u003eFather Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743476195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40590661320910,"sku":"9780743476195","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_5e2462b8-7af8-4cbc-b7bb-efa39cefbd30.jpg?v=1637740399","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743476195","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}