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Fathermucker - Greg Olear
Fathermucker
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"...a whip-smart, hilarious, and deeply moving meditation on fatherhood and marriage." --Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here and All About Lulu "In vivid Crayola yellow, Olear brilliantly highlights the bliss and pathos, fear, loathing and lusting of 21st century parenthood. Yet beneath the... show more
"...a whip-smart, hilarious, and deeply moving meditation on fatherhood and marriage." --Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here and All About Lulu "In vivid Crayola yellow, Olear brilliantly highlights the bliss and pathos, fear, loathing and lusting of 21st century parenthood. Yet beneath the sippy cups, crumpled Happy Meal bags, and Mom Jeans intertwined with another dad's sweatpants on the floor of this runaway minivan of a novel lies much more. FATHERMUCKER is nothing less than a moving and sneakily profound meditation on what it means to exist in these absurd and troubling times." -- James P. Othmer, author of The Futurist and Holy Water"..a book you can't wait for your friends to read, too -- an exhilarating and fearless celebration of life's highs, lows, and all the glorious in-betweens."-- Maria Semple, author of This One Is Mine "Fathermucker is a staggering achievement. A reflection on love, marriage and parenthood, so astoundingly honest, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuine, it will break your heart."    -- Robin Antalek author of The Summer We Fell Apart"I LOVE this book. Packed with fantastically spot-on parenting details, and so funny, I kept reading it out loud to everyone around me (Yes, even the kids. Let's hope they don't remember)." --  Lenore Skenazy, author of the book and blog Free Range Kids "With candor and wit, Greg Olear takes the reader to the most uncomfortable truths of marriage and parenthood--and yet Fathermucker oozes with vulnerability and love. I burst into tears several times while reading this novel, and was beyond moved by the anguished acceptance of young Roland's autism. Compassionate, insightful, and laugh-out-loud funny." -- Susan Henderson, author of Up from the Blue "Funny, wise, sexy...this claustrophobic vision of contemporary parenting hits home."-- Thelma Adams, author of Playdate "Only a writer with the verve, daring and great talent of Greg Olear could pull off a novel that deals with sippy cups, masturbation, autism spectrum disorder, affairs, and playdates all at once. Fathermucker is delightfully unexpected, wholly original, and a joy to read."-- Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and Drinking Closer to Home
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780062059710 (0062059718)
ASIN: 62059718
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
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ellaminnowpea
ellaminnowpea rated it
I feel bad, because I really wanted to like this book but I think I was ultimately just the wrong audience. Olear tells a day in the life of stay-at-home dad Josh, whose wife Stacy is out of town on business. One of the women in his kids' playgroup suggests that Stacy might be having an affair, and ...
florinda3rs
florinda3rs rated it
The suburbs of the Northeast have been fertile domestic-fiction territory for decades, but Greg Olear’'s view of that landscape in Fathermucker, his second novel, is thoroughly contemporary. As many others have before them, Josh and Stacy Lansky left New York City for the Hudson Valley once they sta...
Jessica (HDB)
Jessica (HDB) rated it
5.0 Fathermucker
Josh Lansky is a SAHD. Yep. That stands for Stay-At-Home-Dad, but lets just say that it isn't the only thing that acronym implies. Fathermucker is just the best kind of novel. It's a fictional story, but one that so many people will connect with! Mothers, fathers, people who aren't even parents but ...
Raging Biblioholism
Raging Biblioholism rated it
4.0 Fathermucker
A great second novel from Mr. Olear (albeit still stuffed overmuch with pop culture references.....) about modern fatherhood. I read this book and felt tied into the great continuum of males on this planet - from youth to adolescence to adulthood to fatherhood and beyond, there are certain truths t...
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