![]() ![]() ![]() This could be the topic sentence for the first quarter of this book: I'm serious about the "good dad" thing - this book makes you feel good just by being a good husband and father and not worrying that you aren't the Hollywood director you thought you'd be in high school. Queenan's dad was a nightmare and I give him accolades for making it out of that home without turning into a hardened criminal. ![]() If you were looking for a book to make you feel like you're a good father, you found it. There's a good story here, but there's so many detours you may give up on it before you get to your destination. Yes, I know his father is an alcoholic who beats him and that his mother is hiding down the way reading newspapers, but to hear it again and again still by page 115 doesn't make any sense. I'm halfway through it and it's just too damn long. This book was in dire need of a good editor. He takes pains to put in what he thinks are hilarious descriptions which tend to be overwritten, overwrought, and aimed primarily at making English professors titter. Joe Queenan isn't really all that funny in this book. ![]() If you haven't read this book, you may consider these points: This may be the first book I've put down in a good long time. ![]()
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