{"product_id":"cheerful-money-me-my-family-and-the-last-days-of-wasp-splendor-paperback","title":"Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of WASP Splendor - 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\u003eTad Friend\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom longtime \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ewriter and author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Early Times, \u003c\/i\u003eTad Friend's\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"side-splittingly funny\" \u003ci\u003eCheerful Money\u003c\/i\u003e is both a gorgeously written family memoir and a sharp cultural study of the decline of the American WASP (Mary Karr). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTad Friend's family is nothing if not illustrious: his father was president of College, and at Smith his mother came in second in a poetry contest judged by W.H. Auden -- to Sylvia Plath. For centuries, Wasps like his ancestors dominated American life. But then, in the '60s, their fortunes began to fall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young man, Tad noticed that his family tree, for all its glories, was full of alcoholics, depressives, and reckless eccentrics. Yet his identity had already been shaped by the family's age-old traditions and expectations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part family history, and part cultural study of the long swoon of the American Wasp, \u003ci\u003eCheerful Money\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating examination of a cultural crack-up and a man trying to escape its wreckage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTad Friend\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where he writes the magazine's Letter from California. Prior to that, he wrote regularly for \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and wrote travel stories from all seven continents. He plays golf and squash and watches a lot of television. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Amanda Hesser, and their children, Walker and Addie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.68 x 5.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467969806589,"sku":"9780316003186","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NWRic1pLWWZGNFNuMFI4WDRMeGVFUT09.webp?v=1777281698","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/cheerful-money-me-my-family-and-the-last-days-of-wasp-splendor-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}