num_pages: 251
description: The author of Rose, Hard Laughter and two other novels chronicles her son's growth, discussing her fears and worries, her deepening faith, and the support of her eccentric circle of friends. 10,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
titlecomplete: Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
genres: Writing, Family, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor, Essays, Adult, Biography Memoir, Parenting
ratings_count: 24942
publisher: Pantheon