{"product_id":"knocked-down-9781496230201","title":"Knocked Down","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA laugh-out-loud memoir about a free-spirited, commitment-phobic Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, pregnant, and faced with five months of doctor-prescribed bed rest because of unusually large fibroids.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Aileen Weintraub has been running away from commitment her entire life, hopping from one job and one relationship to the next. When her father suddenly dies, she flees her Jewish Brooklyn community for the wilds of the country, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a man who knows a lot about produce, tractors, and how to take a person down in one jiu-jitsu move. Within months of saying “I do” she’s pregnant, life is on track, and then\u003ci\u003ewham!\u003c\/i\u003e Her doctor slaps a high-risk label on her uterus and sends her to bed for five months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As her husband’s bucolic (and possibly haunted) farmhouse begins to collapse and her marriage starts to do the same, Weintraub finally confron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Love, marriage, and a harrowing pregnancy yield a haunting story of survival in this gripping account.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Can a high-risk pregnancy, a marriage on the rocks, financial problems, a falling-down house in the middle of stalled renovations and lingering grief for a beloved dead father add up to a riotously funny read? The answer is yes, at least when the author is the gifted humorist Aileen Weintraub.\"\u003cb\u003e—Elizabeth Edelglass, \u003ci\u003eHadassah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKnocked Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a big-hearted, hilarious, and moving account of staying put, rooting in, and learning how to persevere together—as a married couple, as a family, and in community with others.\"\u003cb\u003e—Kerry Neville, \u003ci\u003eHippocampus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Aileen Weintraub's debut memoir, \u003ci\u003eKnocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, is an intimate and introspective story about her complicated pregnancy and the reverberating effects on her marriage, religious beliefs, and identity as a mother. Despite the uncertain future Weintraub and her unborn child face, this mostly chronological memoir is chock-full of witty observations and humorous reflections.\"\u003cb\u003e—Erin Fogarty Owen, \u003ci\u003eLinden Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The truth is, we can never know what tomorrow will bring. Even the best prepared will be knocked to the ground, bewildered by what life brings. The wisdom of this memoir is in the striving for acceptance of all life's travails for what they are, as they come. The darkest of times may seem endless, but with humor and the love of a (quirky) family, this book shows that we can make it through.\"\u003cb\u003e—Mikhal Weiner, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Mama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Aileen Weintraub has written a profoundly honest memoir that is sometimes painful but always loving, as she walks us through her journey from Brooklyn childhood to rural living. Heartfelt and often humorous Jewish culture meets rural farming culture, all coming together in the glorious Hudson Valley. It took us back to the best moment of our lives—the beginning of making a family.”\u003cb\u003e—Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This memoir of an almost inconceivably difficult pregnancy (pun intended) involves multiple dichotomies: urban\/rural, male\/female, Jew\/non-Jew, life\/death. Weintraub handles these oppositions with the deft, stunning, and mesmerizing touch of a writer who knows when to weep and when to laugh, when to hold on and when to let go. Whatever the opposite is of ‘elegy,’ this is it.”\u003cb\u003e—Sue William Silverman, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gripping blend of humor and poignancy. . . . Weintraub’s keen eye for detail and breathless storytelling make this sharply observed memoir impossible to put down.”\u003cb\u003e—Sari Botton, author of \u003ci\u003eAnd You May Find Yourself: Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen X Weirdo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKnocked Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and poignant story of a pregnant urban girl suddenly uprooted and forced to rediscover herself in a possibly haunted old ramshackle farmhouse—a brave and vibrant story of self-discovery and grace.”\u003cb\u003e—Aspen Matis, #1 Amazon best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eYour Blue Is Not My Blue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGirl in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKnocked Down\u003c\/i\u003e engaged me from the opening lines. This is a wonderfully nuanced story, at turns laugh-out-loud hilarious and heartbreaking, rooted in love, romance, community, and resilience. I loved this book.”\u003cb\u003e—Elissa Altman, author of \u003ci\u003eMotherland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Note\u003cbr\u003e 1. Roots Run Deep\u003cbr\u003e 2. A GORE-TEX Primer\u003cbr\u003e 3. Produce Man\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cricket Hill\u003cbr\u003e 5. Monsters\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Pregnant Pause\u003cbr\u003e 7. Purgatory\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Whirling Dervish and Her Magic Meatball Sideshow\u003cbr\u003e 9. Operation Redecoration\u003cbr\u003e 10. Dos and Don’ts and Don’ts\u003cbr\u003e 11. Bras on Fire\u003cbr\u003e 12. It Comes Down to Blood\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Art of Conversation\u003cbr\u003e 14. Puttin’ Up a Fight\u003cbr\u003e 15. Blame It on the Cossacks\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Hex Upon Us\u003cbr\u003e 17. Power Equipment + Bed = Sexy\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Vanishing Penis and the Reason I Have a Therapy Fund Set Aside for My Unborn Child\u003cbr\u003e 19. Going in Reverse\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Muck and the Mire\u003cbr\u003e 21. Dream Crusher\u003cbr\u003e 22. Sandman Rising\u003cbr\u003e 23. Battle on Cervix Hill\u003cbr\u003e 24. Helter Skelter Swelter\u003cbr\u003e 25. The Man behind the Curtain\u003cbr\u003e 26. A Low Guttural Howl\u003cbr\u003e 27. Take Me Home\u003cbr\u003e 28. Meltdown\u003cbr\u003e 29. The County Fair\u003cbr\u003e 30. Gumption\u003cbr\u003e 31. Calypso\u003cbr\u003e 32. Courage and Cremation\u003cbr\u003e 33. Jeeps and Rabbits\u003cbr\u003e 34. A Shit Farm in Paradise\u003cbr\u003e 35. Settled, but Not Really\u003cbr\u003e 36. The Fibroids Ate My Baby\u003cbr\u003e 37. After Birth\u003cbr\u003e 38. Mother\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409239122263,"sku":"9781496230201","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496230201.jpg?v=1730506095","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/knocked-down-9781496230201","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}