{"product_id":"9781250225863","title":"Start Without Me: (I'll Be There in a Minute)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e's “10 Best Comedy Books of 2022”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[A] shockingly self-deprecatingly funny memoir...Janetti’s flaws are on display and he doesn’t care, and therein lies the comedy.”\u003ci\u003e—Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, and \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy \u003c\/i\u003ewriter Gary Janetti comes \u003ci\u003eStart Without Me\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of hilarious, laugh out loud, true life stories about the small moments that add up to a big life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he’s here to tell us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStart Without Me,\u003c\/i\u003e Gary returns with his acid tongue firmly in cheek to the moments and times that defined him. He takes us by the hand as we follow him through the summers he spends in his twenties, pursuing both the perfect tan and the perfect man to no avail and much regret. At his Catholic high school, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a nun who shares Gary's love of soap operas, which becomes a salvation to them both. And don't get him started on how a bad hotel room can ruin even the best vacation. This laugh-out-loud collection of true-life stories from the man “behind his generation’s greatest comedy” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) is for anyone who has felt the joy in holding a decade-long grudge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are a new convert to Janetti or one of the million who follow him on social media for a daily laugh, \u003ci\u003eStart Without Me\u003c\/i\u003e will have you howling at Gary's frustrations and nodding along in agreement at the outrages of life's small slights. It's the literary equivalent of a night out with your funniest friend that you wish would never end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370429845565,"sku":"9781250225863","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781250225863_p0.jpg?v=1771590311","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781250225863","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}