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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhoodby Michael Lewis
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Fatherhood for dummies — a perfectly frank and mercilessly funny account.
When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn"t feel, and to do things that he couldn"t see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he realized that all around him fathers were pretending to do one thing, to feel one way, when in fact they felt and did all sorts of things, then engaged in what amounted to an extended cover-up. Lewis decided to keep a written record of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children. This book is that record. But it is also something else: maybe the funniest, most unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded from the point of view of the man inside. The remarkable thing about this story isn't that Lewis is so unusual. It's that he is so typical. The only wonder is that his wife has allowed him to publish it. Review:"After the birth of his first child, bestselling writer Lewis (Moneyball) felt he was a stranger in a strange land, puzzled at the gap between what he thought he should be feeling and what he actually felt. While he expected to be overcome by joy, he often felt puzzled; expecting to feel worried over a child's illness or behavior, he often felt indifferent. Lewis attempts to capture the triumphs, failures, humor, frustration and exhilaration of being a new father during the first year of each of his three children's lives. In one especially hilarious moment, Lewis is in a hotel pool in Bermuda distantly observing his children. When some older boys start teasing his oldest daughter, the youngest daughter, three years old at the time, lets fly a string of profanities at the top of her lungs. The boys retreat and then regroup for a second attack; when they return, she lets fly another string and tells them that she has peed in the pool, causing the boys to go away. All the while, Lewis watches from afar, too embarrassed to claim this youngster as his own but also proud that she has handled herself so smartly. Although Lewis is correct that his fatherhood moments might be more interesting to him than to anyone else, his reflections capture both the unease and the excitement that fatherhood brings. (June)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:Let's get this straight: Michael Lewis is not his father. So who is this father of three? He's still trying to figure that out. And lucky us, we get to go along for the journey. Like many other middle-aged men, Lewis, who writes about sports and finance, is a little stuck between roles. On one side is the generation of his father, who once told him, "I didn't even talk... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) Review:"Brief, clever and frank — a good gift for Father's Day." Kirkus Reviews Review:"Home Game, which was adapted from a series of Slate essays and is an accordingly zippy read, is hilarious but painfully candid, one man's uneasy reckoning with the potentially devastating consequences of parenting. It's unsparing, but Lewis is as honest with himself as he's been with his subjects. (Grade: A-)" The Onion AV Club Review:"Lewis' style is funny, frank and engaging, and he gets a lot of comic mileage telling tales at his own expense..." Los Angeles Times Synopsis:The bestselling author of Moneyball and The Blind Side offers a perfectly frank and mercilessly funny account of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children.
About the AuthorMichael Lewis, the author of Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball, The Blind Side, Panic, and The Big Short, among other works, lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Tabitha Soren, and their three children. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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