{ "item_title" : "Everyday Wit", "item_author" : [" Matthew Fujimoto "], "item_description" : "I want you to understand I do not use my best language in this place. - A seven-year-old girl after her grammar was corrected When Wit Comes HomeSome of the best humor is made in everyday. A child's answer catches a parent off guard, a husband and wife complete for the last word, and a casual encounter takes a turn nobody expected. Everyday Wit gathers anecdotes from social and domestic life, where quick answers, misunderstandings, and ordinary human failings provide an endless sources of comedy. Drawn from period collections and edited for modern readers, these stories preserve the wit and character of an earlier age. Across six sections, the collection follows children and parents, marriage and romance, life out and about, money and work, travel, and leisure. Alongside sharp retorts longer stories slowly unfold their humor through what people do asmuch as what they say. Everyday Wit is the second volume in Classic Eloquence, an ongoing seriesdevoted to recovering the lost art of verbal wit.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/639/9798166391421_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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