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By turns tender, irreverent, and hysterically funny, Daddy Needs a Drink is a hilarious and poignant tribute to his family by a man who truly loves being a father.
Delacorte
April 2006
288 pages
ISBN: 0385339259
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Santa Fe dad shares heartwarming, comic, often ludicrous
tales of raising a family in this laugh-out-loud book
perfect for anyone who enjoys the edgy humor of David
Sedaris or the whimsical commentary of Dave Barry. Waxing
both profound and profane on issues close to a father’s
heart–from exploding diapers to toddler tantrums, from the
horrors of dressing up as Frosty the Snowman to the
moments that make a father proud–Robert Wilder brilliantly
captures the joys and absurdities of being a parent today. With an artist wife and two kids–a daughter, Poppy, and a
son, London–Robert Wilder considers himself as open-minded
as the next man. Yet even he finds himself parentally
challenged when his toddler son, London, careens around
the house in the buff or asks the kind of outrageous,
embarrassing questions only a kid can ask. A high school
teacher who sometimes refers to himself jokingly as Mister
Mom (when his wife, Lala, is busy in her studio), Wilder
shares warmly funny stories on everything from sleep
deprivation to why school-sponsored charities can turn
otherwise sane adults into blithering and begging idiots. Whether trying to conjure up the perfect baby name
(“Poppy” came to his wife’s mother in a dream) or hiring a
Baby Whisperer to get some much-needed sleep, Wilder
offers priceless life lessons on discipline, potty
training, even phallic fiddling (courtesy of young
London). He describes the perils of learning to live
monodextrously (doing everything with one hand while
carrying your child around with the other) and the joys of
watching his daughter morph into a graceful, wise, unique
little person right before his eyes.
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