The endorsements for Scott Gummer’s novel Parents Behaving Badly tell you what to expect. A quote from Tom Perrotta, well known for his novels that satirize and comment upon suburban life, is featured on the cover: “Not just a sharp satire about Little League madness but a shrewd and sympathetic portrait of a midlife marriage.”…
Category Archives: Men’s Interest
The Blind Side: Books on Screen
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game is a book by Michael Lewis. Yes, it does feature Michael Oher, the guy who everyone came to know and love as we watched him overcome obstacles after some care from the Tuohy family, but only as a concrete example of a left tackle, which the position that…
LEGO: A Love Story
This book has a fantastic cover that initially drew me to it. The idea of an adult man reconnecting with a childhood love of building bricks was also fascinating. It’s billed as a memoir, or at least that was what I thought it was, and has elements of a “project memoir” wherein the author delves…
The Council of Dads
When Bruce Feiler is diagnosed with cancer, he wonders what his two young daughters would do if he wasn’t around. That led to his idea of forming a “council of dads” to be his voice. The Council of Dads is not at all maudlin, as a book written by a guy at a time when…
Chicken Soup for Mom and Dad
The calendar may only say April right now, but before we know it, we shall soon be celebrating those wonderful people we call Mom and Dad. The folks at Chicken Soup for the Soul have the calendar in mind with their two latest releases, Thanks Mom: 101 Stories of Gratitude, Love, and Good Times and…
Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan
Children of Dust is sort of “A Memoir of Pakistan” as the subtitle suggests, as we follow the author from Pakistan to the U.S. and back. But the most appealing part of this story to me was the coming-of-age angle. I chuckled in recognition as the teen and young adult Ali Eteraz was always convinced…
Father’s Day Giveaway 3: Manly Men
Our Father’s Day Giveaway 2 dealt with some inspiring stories that also happened to be pretty manly (an extreme sportsman and a farmer), and today we are offering more of the same. Blue Ice by Frank Ewert Blue Ice is a collection of 6 short stories about Canadian Hockey. Written by Frank Ewert (himself a…
Father’s Day Giveaway 2:
Books to Inspire from Harper Collins
Books serve many purposes. They help us escape, they give us instruction, and often they inspire. This giveaway package offers a selection of three books from men have inspiration to share. Enter to win here, but keep these books in mind this week as you are doing some last-minute shopping for the fathers on your…
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