{"product_id":"tears-before-bedtime-by-diane-awerbuck","title":"TEARS BEFORE BEDTIME by Diane Awerbuck","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a joke book – a collection of real conversations I’ve had with my offspring, or that they’ve had with me, mostly against my will. I started keeping records for my own entertainment when they began to talk properly:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cpre class=\"wp-block-verse\"\u003eTwo-year-old: What’s that?\nMe: My nipple.\nTwo-year-old: Is it dead?\u003c\/pre\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI regretted teaching them to speak once pre-adolescence and Covid lockdowns arrived – life phases with equivalent survival strategies and effects:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cpre class=\"wp-block-verse\"\u003eNine-year-old: Good news! While you were in your meeting, I finished your puzzle!\nMe: …\nNine-year-old: I could see it was too hard for you.\u003c\/pre\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s still noisy here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cpre class=\"wp-block-verse\"\u003eThirteen-year-old: I don’t like boys.\nMe: Okay.\nThirteen-year-old: I like cats.\nMe: Okay!\nThirteen-year-old: So … not your daughter, then.\u003c\/pre\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI hope it never ends. Life is a set-up, and parenting is the punchline. As my mother once said, ‘I hope one day you have children. And\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ethen\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewe’ll see who’s laughing.’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bridge Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46118520094978,"sku":"9780639862606","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/tears-before-bedtime.jpg?v=1746026026","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/tears-before-bedtime-by-diane-awerbuck","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}