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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This is why we can't have anything nice. In 1908, a woman named Anna Jarvis invented Mother's Day to honor her own mother. She spent the next thirty years of her life trying to destroy what it became. She was arrested. Twice. Once at 84 years old, at a carnation sale. She lost. The Celebration Industry won. PARTICIPATION TROPHIES FOR BREATHING is a sharp, funny, unflinching look at how we turned basic human decency into a billion-dollar industry - and what it's costing us. Across twelve chapters and one very consequential toilet visit, Lee takes on: - Adulting culture, and why universities are now charging $50,000 a year to teach kids how to do laundry- The Fatherhood Bonus and Motherhood Penalty (yes, these are real economic terms)- "He has a job and doesn't hit me" as a green flag- LinkedIn's humbled-and-honored industrial complex- The self-help industry's $11 billion business of keeping you broken just enough to need the next book- "We're a family here" and other warning signs- The wellness industry charging $90 supplements for problems water and sleep would solve- Perimenopause, the hormonal earthquake nobody warned us about, now monetized into an aesthetic- The algorithm, slacktivism, and why your like button is a slot machine- Trauma-speak, therapy-talk, and the way clinical language got eaten by content- "You are valid" as a throw pillow, an app notification, and a lie- What genuine heroism actually looks like, and why you probably can't see it through all the participation trophies Written for the women who quietly hold everything together and have been told they're miscounting. For the cycle-breakers, the eye-rollers, the ones who suspect the bar is on fire and nobody is talking about it. If you've ever stood at a gas station on Mother's Day staring at a bucket of wilting carnations and thought this is fine - this book is for you. If you've ever been told you don't bring anything to the table after holding the entire table up by yourself for years - this book is especially for you. You're not crazy. You're just paying attention. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.