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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gotham Books
Publication date
May 16, 2013
Pages
243
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781592408320
ISBN-10
159240832X
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.82 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$25.00
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§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America
No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary. The GQ correspondent and Deadspin columnistâs stories about trying to raise a family have attracted millions of readers online. And now heâs finally bringing that unique voice to a memoir. In Someone Could Get Hurt, he reflects on his own parenting experiences to explore the anxiety, rationalizations, compromises, and overpowering love that come with raising children in contemporary America.
In brutally honest and funny stories, 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). Itâs a celebration of all the surprisesâjoyful and otherwiseâthat 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. Itâs 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.
No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary. The GQ correspondent and Deadspin columnistâs stories about trying to raise a family have attracted millions of readers online. And now heâs finally bringing that unique voice to a memoir. In Someone Could Get Hurt, he reflects on his own parenting experiences to explore the anxiety, rationalizations, compromises, and overpowering love that come with raising children in contemporary America.
In brutally honest and funny stories, 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). Itâs a celebration of all the surprisesâjoyful and otherwiseâthat 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. Itâs 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.
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Hardcover
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from Gotham Books (May 16, 2013)
9781592408320 | details & prices | 243 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.82 lbs | List price $25.00
About: A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary.
About: A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Avery Pub Group (May 6, 2014)
9781592408764 | details & prices | 243 pages | 5.31 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $17.00
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