{"product_id":"eldercare-is-making-me-fat-9780988220508","title":"Eldercare Is Making Me Fat","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charlotte Johnson Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Charlotte Johnson Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Charlotte Johnson Jones\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Form - Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You can make this stuff up, but in our marriage, you don't have to.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do when your 96-year-old mother-in-law gets stuck on the sofa and a neighbor has to call the rescue squad? Or when your own 91-year-old mother decides to give up underpants?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are Charlotte Johnson Jones, first you go to the kitchen and eat every cookie, buttery snack, and piece of chocolate you can get your hands on. Then you sit down and write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEldercare Is Making Me Fat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a set of tales about the challenges Jones and her husband, Herman, have faced as they try to manage the health and affairs of the women whom they affectionately (and with great exasperation) call \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Mothers.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlim, irreverent, and truthful but touching-just as its author would like to be-\u003ci\u003eEldercare\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect book for everyone with an addled, stubborn parent or grandparent who is driving them to the doughnuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a journalist in the 1980s and 1990s under the byline C. J. Houtchens, Charlotte Johnson Jones wrote for many national publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Travel and Leisure, Harper's Bazaar, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Weekend, \u003c\/i\u003e and profiled such diverse personalities as Maya Angelou, Sissy Spacek, two Miss America winners, African princess Elizabeth of Toro, musicians, artists, political figures, and the panda keeper at the National Zoo. \u003ci\u003eEldercare Is Making Me Fat, \u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlotte Johnson Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45510984171671,"sku":"9780988220508","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780988220508.webp?v=1767461824","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/eldercare-is-making-me-fat-9780988220508","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}