Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
A few years ago, Entertainment Weekly painted a word picture of married novelists Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman working back-to-back at opposite desks in a backyard writing cottage that smells of Spanish cedar, "a famous-and famously in love-writing pair like Nick and Nora Charles with word...
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A few years ago, Entertainment Weekly painted a word picture of married novelists Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman working back-to-back at opposite desks in a backyard writing cottage that smells of Spanish cedar, "a famous-and famously in love-writing pair like Nick and Nora Charles with word processors and not so much booze." That idyllic image doubtless sold books (and magazines), but the truth, of course, is much more complicated. During his hectic career, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Kavalier & Clay has survived one divorce, several critical controversies, a major novel mishap, and several encounters with Hollywood. In Manhood for Amateurs, he revisits the particulars of his experiences, including generous portions of both pleasure and regret.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780061842375 (0061842370)
Publish date: September 30th 2009
Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition language: English
So, delving into the personal for a moment; yesterday when I started this book I was having a particularly difficult parental day. My youngest (who is never the easiest child to motivate to dress or brush teeth or shoe and head off to school) was particularly difficult. I finally got the kids in t...
This collection of essays is generally engaging and interesting, even where I don't agree with Chabon's interpretations and opinions. There's a certain amount of schmaltziness, but I'm not sure if that can be avoided when writing about one's children.
I have really loved his novels, but all the humour seems to be missing from this memoir and his philosophical ruminations on life are very shallow.
Not for me this belly button investigation.THIS IS NOT A REVIEWBBC BLURB - Jason Butler Harner reads from Pulitzer prize-winning author Michael Chabon's moving, warm and witty memoir about life as a husband, father and son. In exploring what it means to be a man today, Chabon reflects on the persona...
While reading Ayelet Waldman's Bad Mother, I found myself wondering what her husband's perspective on some of her stories was. The very next day, I saw this at a bookstore. It's not really the other side of the story though--in fact, the most profoundly moving/disturbing episode in Waldman's book (...
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