When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People
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"When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People" is a humorous and heartfelt memoir chronicling Jeannie Gaffigan’s battle with a life-threatening brain tumor and the role her family, Catholic faith, and comedy played in her recovery.
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| When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People Context triple: [Jeannie Gaffigan, authorOf, When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People]
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Grace After Meals
Grace After Meals is a traditional Jewish prayer recited after eating a bread-based meal to thank God for sustenance and blessings.
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What Makes a Family
"What Makes a Family" is a 2001 television drama film that explores the legal and emotional struggles of a lesbian couple fighting for custody of their child.
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Everybody Matters: A Memoir
Everybody Matters: A Memoir is an autobiographical book in which the author reflects on their life experiences and the lessons learned about human connection, dignity, and the importance of treating every person as significant.
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"And Then Life Happens" is the memoir by Auma Obama that recounts her life story, including her experiences growing up in Kenya and Germany and her perspective as Barack Obama’s half-sister.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People Target entity description: "When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People" is a humorous and heartfelt memoir chronicling Jeannie Gaffigan’s battle with a life-threatening brain tumor and the role her family, Catholic faith, and comedy played in her recovery.
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A.
Grace After Meals
Grace After Meals is a traditional Jewish prayer recited after eating a bread-based meal to thank God for sustenance and blessings.
-
B.
What Makes a Family
"What Makes a Family" is a 2001 television drama film that explores the legal and emotional struggles of a lesbian couple fighting for custody of their child.
-
C.
Everybody Matters: A Memoir
Everybody Matters: A Memoir is an autobiographical book in which the author reflects on their life experiences and the lessons learned about human connection, dignity, and the importance of treating every person as significant.
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D.
And Then Life Happens
"And Then Life Happens" is the memoir by Auma Obama that recounts her life story, including her experiences growing up in Kenya and Germany and her perspective as Barack Obama’s half-sister.
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E.
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life is the autobiography of Queen Noor of Jordan, recounting her personal journey from American-born Lisa Halaby to queen, and offering an insider’s perspective on Jordanian history, Middle Eastern politics, and humanitarian issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| about |
Jeannie Gaffigan’s medical crisis and recovery
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role of Catholic faith in coping with suffering ⓘ role of comedy and funny people in healing ⓘ role of family in illness and recovery ⓘ |
| author | Jeannie Gaffigan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | Jeannie Gaffigan’s experience as a wife and mother during illness ⓘ |
| features |
autobiographical storytelling
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first-person narrative ⓘ |
| focusesOn | intersection of faith, family, and humor ⓘ |
| genre |
humor
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memoir ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
adult readers
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fans of Jeannie and Jim Gaffigan ⓘ readers interested in faith-based narratives ⓘ readers of inspirational memoirs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Catholic faith
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Jeannie Gaffigan ⓘ brain tumor ⓘ comedy ⓘ family ⓘ |
| medicalContext | treatment of a brain tumor ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Jeannie Gaffigan’s battle with a life-threatening brain tumor ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | comic reflection on serious illness ⓘ |
| portrays |
spiritual growth through suffering
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support from Jeannie Gaffigan’s husband and children ⓘ use of comedy as a coping mechanism ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| theme |
family support
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healing ⓘ humor in adversity ⓘ religious faith ⓘ |
| titleWordplay | pun on the phrase ‘when life gives you lemons’ ⓘ |
| tone |
heartfelt
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humorous ⓘ |
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