{"product_id":"barbara-isnt-dying-by-alina-bronsky-9781787705814","title":"Barbara Isn’t Dying","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalter Schmidt has lived his whole life within the narrow, comfortable confines of traditional gender roles: he has made it to retirement without learning how to fry an egg or use a vacuum cleaner. After all, he could always count on his wife, \u003cem\u003eBarbara\u003c\/em\u003e. But, when one morning she can't—or won't!—get up from bed anymore, everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith biting humour and great warmth, Alina Bronsky writes about how Walter, nearing the end of his life, is suddenly forced to reinvent himself as a caregiver and househusband, and become the caring partner he never was in all his years with \u003cem\u003eBarbara\u003c\/em\u003e. Little by little, Walter's rough facade begins to crumble, and with it his old certainties about his life and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647691538668,"sku":"9781787705814","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b82e5fcc51613b5a75bbe254c51c300b.jpg?v=1779232655","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/barbara-isnt-dying-by-alina-bronsky-9781787705814","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}