{"product_id":"adulting-for-amateurs-misadventures-of-a-geriatric-millennial-hardcover","title":"Adulting for Amateurs: Misadventures of a Geriatric Millennial - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJess H. Gutierrez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Product of Genetics (and Day Drinking)\u003c\/i\u003e comes a rowdy and hilarious new collection of essays on life as an elder millennial, filled with life lessons on everything from marriage to parenting to rolling with the punches when Gen Z mocks your TikTok dances\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAdulting for Amateurs\u003c\/i\u003e, Jess H. Gutierrez marvels at how--we can't avoid the fact anymore--her cohort, the millennials, are approaching middle age. While 1998 seems like just yesterday, we are now grown-ups who feel like we're still growing up. And at forty-two, Jess has quite a trove of stories to tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJess is leaning into her geriatric millennial years and reflects on how growing up does not necessarily bestow one with maturity. When the dinner covers were lifted to reveal vertically posed sausages, hundreds of the fanciest wedding guests, including the mayor, were treated to a demure and refined Jess's explosive guffaws. While Jess's brothers now have wholesome families and responsible jobs, she can't stop one-upping them, even if it gets her brother nearly fired by a potty-brained prank right before he scrubs into surgery. When Jess and her wife booked their first grown-up vacation, they discovered too late that their Hawaiian trip was to a Mormon resort and therefore completely alcohol free. So Jess and her wife bravely put on their big-girl panties--and slunk off in a makeshift escape from this cheerful teetotaler paradise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurns out, even as a responsible homeowner with a mortgage, three kids, and a yard of chickens, Jess might not have matured much beyond her twenties. She's still the woman who in an earlier era survived queer-dating fails and aughts-era pop culture moments--ultimately discovering that an illegal rave cannot heal a broken heart and that vampire-romance franchises are terrible dating manuals for a budding trailer park lesbian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAltogether these are the makings of delightful material for this bawdy--sometimes poignant and, dare we say, occasionally \u003ci\u003ewise\u003c\/i\u003e--new read.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJess H. Gutierrez \u003c\/b\u003eis the author \u003ci\u003eA Product of Genetics (and Day Drinking) \u003c\/i\u003eand a humor columnist for Paxton Media Group newspapers. She was an award-winning reporter for the \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Arkansas Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Arkansas Democrat-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written for \u003ci\u003eOut \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and Electric Literature. She lives with her wife, a fire captain, and three small kids who have already surpassed Jess in both intellect and cunning. They live in Arkansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.36 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52043462148397,"sku":"9780593854891","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/adulting-for-amateurs-misadventures-of-a-geriatric-millennial-hardcover-3536792.webp?v=1780171146","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/adulting-for-amateurs-misadventures-of-a-geriatric-millennial-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}