{"product_id":"only-child-writers-on-the-singular-joys-and-solitary-sorrows-of-growing-up-solo-paperback","title":"Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaphne Uviller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it really like to be an only child? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this insightful and entertaining collection, writers including Judith Thurman, Kathryn Harrison, John Hodgman, and Peter Ho Davies reflect on a lifetime of being an only. They describe what it's like to be an only child of divorce, an only because of the death of a sibling, an only who reveled in it, or an only who didn't. As adults searching for partners, they are faced with the unique challenge of trying to turn their family units of three into units of four, and as they watch their parents age, they come face-to-face with the onus of being their families' sole historians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you're an only child, the partner or spouse of an only, a parent pondering whether to stop at one, or a curious sibling, \u003ci\u003eOnly Child\u003c\/i\u003e offers a look behind the scenes and into the hearts of twenty-one smart and sensitive writers as they reveal the truth about growing up-and being a grown-up-solo.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEBORAH SIEGEL is the author of Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild. She has written for Psychology Today and The Progressive and is a founding editor of The Scholar \u0026amp; Feminist Online. DAPHNE UVILLER is a former editor and current contributing writer to Time Out New York. She has been published in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Newsday, The Forward, Allure, and Self. Both editors are only children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.02 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47514186776754,"sku":"9780307238078","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/yOT7JX9JLC9780307238078.webp?v=1779729412","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/only-child-writers-on-the-singular-joys-and-solitary-sorrows-of-growing-up-solo-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}