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Author Magary, Drew.

Title Someone could get hurt : a memoir of twenty-first-century parenthood / Drew Magary.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  B MAGARY    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  649 MAGARY, DREW    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG MAGARY, DREW    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  649.1 MA    Check Shelf
Description viii, 242 pages ; 23 cm
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.
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.
Subject Parenting -- Humor.
Fatherhood -- Humor.
Magary, Drew -- Biography.
Magary, Drew. (OCoLC)fst01927092
Fatherhood. (OCoLC)fst00921848
Parenting. (OCoLC)fst01053407
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Humor. (OCoLC)fst01423696
ISBN 9781592408320 (hardcover)
159240832X (hardcover)
9781592408764 (paperback)
1592408761 (paperback)
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