The Madwoman and the Roomba

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780393867466 Author(s): Sandra Tsing Loh Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2021 Publisher: WW Norton & Co Pages: 320

Description: Ah, 55. Gateway to the golden years! Professional summiting. Emotional maturity. Easy surfing toward the glassy blue waters of retirement. . . . Or maybe not? Middle age, for Sandra Tsing Loh, feels more like living a disorganized 25-year-oldâs life in an 85-year-oldâs malfunctioning body. With raucous wit and carefree candor, Loh recounts the struggles of leaning in, staying lean, and keeping her family well-fed and financially afloat?all those burdens of running a household that still, all-too-often, fall to women. The Madwoman and the Roomba chronicles a roller coaster year for Loh, her partner, and her two teenage daughters in their ramshackle quasi-Craftsman, with a front lawn thatâs more like a rectangle of compacted dirt and mice that greet her as she makes her morning coffee. Her daughters are spending more time online than off; her partner has become a Hindu, bringing in a household of monks; and she and her girlfriends are wondering over Groupon âwellâ drinks how they got here. Whether prematurely freaking out about her daughtersâ college applications, worrying over her eccentric aging father, or overcoming the pitfalls of long-term partnership and the temptations of paired-with-cheese online goddess webinars, Loh somehow navigates the realities of what it means to be a middle-aged woman in the twenty-first century. Including a new epilogue hilariously recounting her familyâs quarantine experience during the pandemic, The Madwoman and the Roomba is a âwildly funnyâ testament to Lohâs âbrilliant wit and rock-solid resilienceâ (Henry Alford).  

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