The new one : : Painfully True Stories From a Reluctant dad

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Birbiglia, Mike
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Birbiglia, Mike	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Birbiglia, Mike	4-week checkout	On Shelf

The book starts here -- Zombie kid-pocalypse -- Seven reasons. I love my marriage ; My body is a lemon ; I don't know anything ; I have a cat ; I have a job ; There shouldn't be children anymore ; People aren't great -- Vows -- It's happening. Relentless ; Flat soda ; We got a win! ; Bomb jokes ; The poo doesn't smell ; Clean forks ; Bleeding ; Danger zone ; Daddymoon ; Baby's eyes ; Sympathetic eating ; Natural history -- Monkey arrives. A reality-bending experience ; A renewal of vows ; A sleepwalker and an insomniac walk into a bed ; Hiccuptown ; We wub you ; Dating my wife ; My side of the story -- Pretending -- Monkey won't sleep. There's no me in we ; Friendly advice from other parents ; Sex maybe ; Great job ; Trying ; The legs don't reach the floor ; It is what it is -- Me and my wife on a plane that's crashing -- Can I have this house when you die? -- So we don't cry -- 525,600 photos -- Natural causes. Sugar fries ; Organic toxic waste ; YMCA ; Slice of life -- The new one. We learn to dance ; The flu ; The eighth reason ; Coutz -- Oonadad -- The book ends here.
"Mike Birbiglia never wanted to be a father. In fact, there are seven very specific reasons he never wanted a kid, including his aversion to sticky surfaces and his less-than-ideal genes: he's had Lyme Disease, a bladder tumor, diabetes, and dangerous sleepwalking, to name a few. Not to mention the fact that Mike generally doesn't think people (including himself) are really all that great. Then Mike's wife, poet Jen Hope Stein, becomes infected with the contagion 'baby fever' and convinces him she'll do all of the parenting and that their lives don't have to change because of future baby Oona. Yes, he bought that line. In a hilarious memoir about the trials and tribulations of parenting, Mike Birbiglia shares anecdotes all parents can relate to, including laugh-out-loud observations on the lead up to being a parent, the birth of the baby, and the very messy aftermath of bringing this new one home...for a forever stay! Borne out of and based on his Broadway show The New One, and entirely expanded upon with at least 50% new material for this book, new dad Birbiglia will have you crying from laughter and smiling with joy as he falls in love with baby Oona, despite how smelly she is! Mike's candid thoughts on his reluctance about becoming a dad, what he describes as being the 'pudgy milkless vice president of his family,' laced with Stein's poetry combine to form a heartfelt and hilarious book"-- Provided by publisher.

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Funny submitted by AET on August 22, 2020, 7:53pm This book is funny. It's a quick read, maybe good for a vacation.

OMG, did he write that down? submitted by legalmama on June 30, 2021, 10:46am I am a huge fan of comedian Mike Birbiglia, but I've never read anything of his, only listened to segments on NPR. This book had me crying with laughter in the first chapter. I couldn't believe how honest it was about how hard it is to be a first time parent! (So many things we think but don't say.) Great vacation / pick me up read!