{"product_id":"man-who-couldnt-eat-paperback","title":"Man Who Couldn't Eat - 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\u003eJon Reiner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA personal journey with Crohn's disease: months of excruciating treatment and the enduring effect it has on the author's emotional state and relationship with food--as well as on his wife, children, and friends.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this beautifully written memoir, both gut-wrenching and inspiring, award-winning writer Jon Reiner tells the story of his agonizing battle with Crohn's disease--and the extraordinary places his hunger and obsession with food took him.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eI'm a glutton in a greyhound's body, a walking contradiction, in the grip of the one thing I can't have--food, \u003c\/i\u003ewrites Reiner, who details what happens when that which keeps you alive, that bonds us together and marks life's special occasions, becomes a toxic substance, an inflammatory invader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis unvarnished account depicts an explosive medical emergency, a marriage in crisis, children faced with grown-up fears, a man at a life-and-death crossroads sifting through his past and his present. And it captures a tough, courageous climb out of hopelessness as Reiner began a process of healing in body and mind, discovering a renewed appetite, any way he could manage it, for the things that truly matter most.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Reiner \u003c\/b\u003ewon the 2010 James Beard Foundation Award for Magazine Feature Writing with Recipes for the collaborative \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e article \"How Men Eat.\" His memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Couldn't Eat\u003c\/i\u003e, is based on an acclaimed article of the same name that he wrote for \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e in 2009. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.22 x 5.73 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153379655743,"sku":"9781439192474","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/RlE87ITXsx9781439192474.webp?v=1776946841","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/man-who-couldnt-eat-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}