Ward K. (koalabearkid) reviewed The Best a Man Can Get : A Novel of Fatherhood and its Discontents on + 215 more book reviews
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This is a funny, funny book written especially for the slighly reluctant father. Very comic. The character is truly hilarious. He leads a double life. He could be . . . YOU, or maybe . . . your next door neighbor!
Michael is living a double life. He escapes from the exhausting misery of babies by telling his wife he has to pull an all-nighter at work or travel away on business. And while she is valiantly coping on her own, he is just a few miles away on his male paradise, doing all the stupid, pointless, gloriously enjoyable stuff that most men with small children can only dream about. He thinks he can lead this double life indefinitely, until the ineveitable slip exposes him and threatens to blow his marriage to kingdom come.
This novel is an exploration and peek into the soul of the contemporary male, divided between the pull of family and the dream of escape. Truly, you will laugh and receive shocks of recognition.
Michael is living a double life. He escapes from the exhausting misery of babies by telling his wife he has to pull an all-nighter at work or travel away on business. And while she is valiantly coping on her own, he is just a few miles away on his male paradise, doing all the stupid, pointless, gloriously enjoyable stuff that most men with small children can only dream about. He thinks he can lead this double life indefinitely, until the ineveitable slip exposes him and threatens to blow his marriage to kingdom come.
This novel is an exploration and peek into the soul of the contemporary male, divided between the pull of family and the dream of escape. Truly, you will laugh and receive shocks of recognition.
