{"product_id":"madwoman-and-the-roomba-paperback","title":"MADWOMAN AND THE ROOMBA (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comic exploration of a year in the life of an “imaginatively twisted and fearless” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) best-selling author. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAh, 55. Gateway to the golden years! Professional summiting. Emotional maturity. Easy surfing toward the glassy blue waters of retirement…Or maybe not? Middle age, for Sandra Tsing Loh, feels more like living a disorganized 25-year-old’s life in an 85-year-old’s malfunctioning body. With raucous wit and carefree candor, Loh recounts the struggles of leaning in, staying lean, and keeping her family well-fed and financially afloat—all those burdens of running a household that still, all-too-often, fall to women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Madwoman and the Roomba\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a roller coaster year for Loh, her partner, and her two teenage daughters in their ramshackle quasi-Craftsman, with a front lawn that’s more like a rectangle of compacted dirt and mice that greet her as she makes her morning coffee. Her daughters are spending more time online than off; her partner has become a Hindu, bringing in a household of monks; and she and her girlfriends are wondering over Groupon “well” drinks how they got here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether prematurely freaking out about her daughters’ college applications, worrying over her eccentric aging father, or overcoming the pitfalls of long-term partnership and the temptations of paired-with-cheese online goddess webinars, Loh somehow navigates the realities of what it means to be a middle-aged woman in the twenty-first century. By day’s end, we just might need a box of chardonnay and a Roomba to clean up the mess.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loh, Sandra Tsing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337227038994,"sku":"9780393867466","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/5755543482328_8bdfd14f-6255-4439-9cb2-73c2e1c121d0.jpg?v=1780436651","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/madwoman-and-the-roomba-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}