{"product_id":"9780761144366","title":"Sh*t Happens: The Book","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSh*t Happens: The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Deborah Lazarus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe lure of the morbid. The fascination of really bad news. The strange thrill of things going spectacularly wrong. Tragic, sensational, spine-chilling, and addictively entertaining, it’s The Darwin Awards meets The Stupidest Things Ever Said. In story after story we meet the star-crossed, the extremely unlucky, and the fatally foolish. Sure—it’s grim, sometimes ghastly. But isn’t it nice to know that someone, somewhere, had a worse day than you?\u003cbr\u003eSh*t happens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003eSometimes it’s natural: A driver goes for the ride of his life when a 100-mph gust blows his truck off the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York. (He survives the steep plunge into the Hudson River.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes it’s supernatural: The woman who peels an artichoke only to have it explode in her hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-sighted: A rattlesnake owner kisses his beloved pet, and discovers that the affection isn’t mutual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelightful: A tanker truck carrying liquid chocolate splits open in a traffic accident, drawing children from miles around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnexpected: A folding bed traps and nearly kills a man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeartbreaking: Art restorers accidentally dissolve the ink off a newly discovered Da Vinci drawing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGross: From the brain of a man complaining of mental instability, doctors remove a four-inch worm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd grosser: A diner discovers—in the most revolting way possible—a rodent along with his fried chicken.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd even, seemingly, cosmic justice: An incensed homeowner catches a mouse and decides to teach it a lesson by tying a kerosene-soaked rag to its tail and setting it on fire. The mouse flees; the man’s house burns down.\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780761144366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Workman Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40865733542094,"sku":"9780761144366","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_23ace559-f7d9-43f4-9bf5-69abdbeee930.jpg?v=1644137505","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780761144366","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}