{"product_id":"beg-borrow-steal-a-writers-life-9780307740670","title":"Beg, Borrow, Steal: A Writer's Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eMichael Greenberg entertainingly chronicles the hardships, delights, and moral dilemmas of being a writer and a New Yorker in this \"darkly comic\" essay collection (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Review of Books).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo eke out a living, Greenberg doctors doomed movie scripts, peddles cosmetics on the street, and waits tables at a posh restaurant, all while raising his son on the Lower East Side. Along the way, he meets a host of fascinating city characters, including a Holocaust survivor, a repentant communist, and rats who behave like humans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilarious and bittersweet, Greenberg's stories invite us into a world where the familial, the literary, the tragic, and the mundane not only speak to one another, but deeply enjoy the exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.28w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307740670","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45606498205833,"sku":"9780307740670","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b8208ca3-04eb-4b48-85c1-458eb59c26e5.jpg?v=1776752763","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/beg-borrow-steal-a-writers-life-9780307740670","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}