{"product_id":"2940170712496","title":"I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003e*\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e essayist and author of \u003ci\u003eWe Learn Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim Kreider trains his singular power of observation on his (often befuddling) relationships with women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychologists have told him he's a psychologist. Philosophers have told him he's a philosopher. Religious groups have invited him to speak. He had a cult following as a cartoonist. But, above all else, Tim Kreider is an essayist-one whose deft prose, uncanny observations, dark humor, and emotional vulnerability have earned him deserved comparisons to David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and the late David Foster Wallace (who was himself a fan of Kreider's humor).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully written, with just enough humor to balance his spikiness” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eI Wrote This Book Because I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e focuses Tim's unique perception and wit on his relationships with women-romantic, platonic, and the murky in-between. He talks about his difficulty finding lasting love and seeks to understand his commitment issues by tracking down the John Hopkins psychologist who tested him for a groundbreaking study on attachment when he was a toddler. He talks about his valued female friendships, one of which landed him on a circus train bound for Mexico. He talks about his time teaching young women at an upstate New York college, and the profound lessons they wound up teaching him. And in a hugely popular essay that originally appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he talks about his nineteen-year-old cat, wondering if it's the most enduring relationship he'll ever have.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“In a style reminiscent of Orwell, E.B. White and David Sedaris” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), each of these pieces is “heartbreaking, brutal, and hilarious” (Judd Apatow), and collectively they cement Kreider's place among the best essayists working today.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46495043256561,"sku":"2940170712496","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940170712496_p0.jpg?v=1777731897","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170712496","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}