Format:
Book
Title:
Someone could get hurt : a memoir of twenty-first-century parenthood / Drew Magary.
Author:
Magary, Drew.
Call Number:
306.874 Magary
Publisher, Date:
New York : Gotham Books, 2013.
Description:
viii, 243 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
In brutally honest and funny stories, Drew Magary reveals how American mothers and fathers cope with being in over their heads (getting drunk while trick-or-treating, watching helplessly as a child defiantly pees in a hotel pool, engaging in role-play with a princess-crazed daughter), and how stepping back can sometimes make all the difference (talking a toddler down from the third story of a netted-in playhouse, allowing children to make little mistakes in the kitchen to keep them from making the bigger ones in life). It's a celebration of all the surprises--joyful and otherwise--that come with being part of a real family. In the wake of recent bestsellers that expose how every other culture raises their children better, Someone Could Get Hurt offers a hilarious and heartfelt defense of American child rearing with a glimpse into the genuine love and compassion that accompany the missteps and flawed logic. It's the story of head lice, almost-dirty words, and flat head syndrome, and a man trying to commit the ultimate act of selflessness in a selfish world.
Subjects:
Magary, Drew.
Parenting -- Humor.
Fatherhood -- Humor.
Contents:
Malrotation -- Merriweather Post Pavilion -- Chicken -- Gymboree -- Slow guy -- Princesses and paleskins -- Caesarian -- Evening at the improv -- Flathead -- DUI -- Spinning wheel of death -- Faka -- Hoddub -- The creek and the coffee cup -- Electric toothbrush -- Nits -- The list -- Funland -- Pizza night -- NICU.
ISBN:
9781592408320
159240832X