{"product_id":"congratulations-the-best-is-over-essays-1","title":"Congratulations, The Best Is Over! : Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER • The beloved bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere for It\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ereturns with an all-new collection of heartening, deeply relatable, and laugh-out-loud essays about what happens\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehappily ever after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Funny, insightful, and hopeful . . . a profound meditation on what it means to come home, and on finding your way again after the chaos of life takes you off your path.\"\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJohn Paul Brammer, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e¡Hola Papi!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter going viral “reading” the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas finally knew who he was and where he was going. He was living his best life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut then everything changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this collection of insightful and hilarious essays, Thomas finds himself moving back to his perpetually misunderstood hometown of Baltimore (a place he never wanted to return, even to be buried) and behaving completely out of character. They say you can't go home again, but what if you and home have changed beyond recognition? From attending his twenty-year high school reunion and discovering another person's face on his name badge, to splattering an urgent care room with blood à la \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to being terrorized by a plague of gay frogs who’ve overtaken his backyard, Thomas provides the nitty, and sometimes the gritty, details of wrestling with the life he thought he'd left behind while trying to establish a new one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith wit, heart, and hope for the future, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCongratulations, The Best Is Over!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the not-so-gentle reminder we all need that even when life doesn't go according to plan, we can still find our way back home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48931288514840,"sku":"9780593496282","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780593496282_13570.jpg?v=1723232596","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/congratulations-the-best-is-over-essays-1","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}