Family Man (Audio cassette)


Calvin Trillin begins his wise and charming ruminations on family by stating the sum total of his child-rearing advice: "Try to get one that doesn't spit up. Otherwise, you're on your own." Suspicious of any child-rearing theories beyond "Your children are either the center of your life or they're not, " Trillin has clearly reveled in the role of family man -- writing songs like "Uncle Max's Kids Are Gross, Creepy, Dumb and Yucky" for family movie musicals, marching in the local Halloween parade in his favorite ax murderer's mask even after his daughters had grown up and moved away, changing diapers in the knowledge that otherwise he might be robbing himself of the opportunity to say, during a stressful family conversation 15 or 20 years down the road, "I changed your diapers!" Acknowledging the special perils to the privacy of people living with a writer who occasionally remarks, "I hope you're not under the impression that what you just said was off the record, " Trillin deals with the subject of family in a way that is loving, honest, and wildly funny.

R421
List Price R561
Save R140 25%

Or split into 4x interest-free payments of 25% on orders over R50
Learn more

Discovery Miles4210
Delivery AdviceOut of stock

Toggle WishListAdd to wish list
Review this Item

Product Description

Calvin Trillin begins his wise and charming ruminations on family by stating the sum total of his child-rearing advice: "Try to get one that doesn't spit up. Otherwise, you're on your own." Suspicious of any child-rearing theories beyond "Your children are either the center of your life or they're not, " Trillin has clearly reveled in the role of family man -- writing songs like "Uncle Max's Kids Are Gross, Creepy, Dumb and Yucky" for family movie musicals, marching in the local Halloween parade in his favorite ax murderer's mask even after his daughters had grown up and moved away, changing diapers in the knowledge that otherwise he might be robbing himself of the opportunity to say, during a stressful family conversation 15 or 20 years down the road, "I changed your diapers!" Acknowledging the special perils to the privacy of people living with a writer who occasionally remarks, "I hope you're not under the impression that what you just said was off the record, " Trillin deals with the subject of family in a way that is loving, honest, and wildly funny.

Customer Reviews

No reviews or ratings yet - be the first to create one!

Product Details

General

Imprint

Penguin Audiobooks

Country of origin

United States

Release date

July 1998

Availability

Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.

Readers

Authors

Dimensions

180 x 113 x 37mm (L x W x T)

Format

Audio cassette

Cassettes

4

Running time

6 hours

ISBN-13

978-0-14-086800-5

Barcode

9780140868005

Categories

LSN

0-14-086800-3



Trending On Loot