When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People

Jeannie Gaffigan is a director, producer and comedy writer, who may be less well known than her husband, comedian Jim Gaffigan, but who is equally funny and dedicated. In 2017, they were in the thick of coordinating the filming of a movie, Jim's busy travel schedule for his comedy tours, and the lives of their five children, when, to her horror, Jeannie discovered that she had a pear-shaped tumor in her brain.

Jeannie had been overlooking strange symptoms--tingling feet, dizziness--chalking it up to being exhausted as the working mother of five. But when her children's pediatrician noticed her struggling to hear, she recommended that Jeannie see an ENT, which led Jeannie quickly down the path to emergency brain surgery.

Funny and insightful, When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People is Jeannie's thoughtful look at how circumstances aligned to get her into surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital and then home again to her beloved family. Her recovery took months, but Jeannie, a devout Catholic, sees the hand of God in her journey, which changed her family and marriage for the better.

With vivid writing, funny stories and many pictures, including a hilarious one of Jim passed out in the waiting room during one of her brain scans, When Life Gives You Pears offers an irresistible glimpse into the chaotic, loving world of the Gaffigans. Fans of the Gaffigans, those who enjoy faith-filled memoirs and anyone rooting for a mother to overcome impossible odds will love what Jeannie brings to the table. --Jessica Howard, bookseller at Bookmans, Tucson, Ariz.

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