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Title: Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous and Heartfelt Essays, edited by the creator ofwww.dooce.com
Manufacturer: Kensington
Price: $11.33
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| DeweyDecimalNumber: |
306.8742 |
| EAN: |
9780758216595 |
| Publisher: |
Kensington(2008-05-01) |
| Studio: |
Kensington |
| NumberOfItems: |
1 |
| Label: |
Kensington |
| Manufacturer: |
Kensington |
| Package Length: |
830 |
| Creator: |
Heather B. Armstrong |
| Package Height: |
100 |
| Package Weight: |
75 |
| Amount: |
1900 |
| FormattedPrice: |
$19.00 |
| ISBN: |
0758216599 |
| Binding: |
Hardcover: 270pages |
| Title: |
Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous and Heartfelt Essays, edited by the creator ofwww.dooce.com |
| ProductGroup: |
Book |
| CurrencyCode: |
USD |
| Role: |
Editor |
| Package Width: |
550 |
| Summary: |
Review: |
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| Some gems in the bunch |
[...] Heather B. Armstrong picks the best of parenting bloggers and has them write about Fatherhood. But surprisingly, the chapters do not read like blog posts but really a collection of stories. One of these is classic tale of Star Wars obssession, but the story by Matthew Baldwin that likens pregnancy to The Return of the King was an absolute classic. And there are some others that hit the mark. This is definitely one to take a look at the next time you are browsing. |
4 Rating
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| Dark and Twisty, but Shot Through with Cool |
It wasn't a fast read. It was a slow and dangerous read, a dark and twisty and sentimental read. A collection of stories invoking all sorts of fathers, goofy fathers, angry fathers, fathers suffering from dementia and conservatism, fathers as overwhelmed as mothers, fathers preparing to divorce mothers, fathers reliving their Star Wars infatuations with their sons. Earnest fathers. Scared fathers. Loving fathers. Human fathers. The collection reminds me of the Deadwood bar in Iowa City, a land of dark booths, horrible coffee and upside-down Christmas trees. Thick and smoke-filled and shot through with cool. The people who were comfortable there will like this book. I loved the Deadwood. |
4 Rating
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| So so-so |
Some of the essays are excellent, some mediocre at best. Better editing would have been a bonus. |
3 Rating
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| Excellent Read |
An excellent read. Not the usual sentimental greeting card type of stories. real people, real fathers. A must read. |
5 Rating
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| slices of greatness |
I enjoyed the essays written by the other authors more than Heather's essay. My favorite essay was written by the author [...] it was inspirational and life changing. I would buy this book just for the priviledge of reading her essay. It was a gem inside a book of some inttermitent mediocre writing. Overall it was worth it. |
4 Rating
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