Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood

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Synopsis
Popular author Michael Lewis tells what really goes through his mind as he is involved in the raising of his 3 children. He admits what he says most fathers are afraid to say about fatherhood. Entertaining and thought-provoking. Some explicit swearing.
Copyright:
2009

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
190 Pages
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Michael Lewis
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:
Liz Halperin
Proofread By:
Liz Halperin
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

Reviews

4 out of 5

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Proofreading this book was an entertaining surprise. As advertised, the author wrote about his true feelings and thoughts related to his family growing from 0 children to 3 of them. He admits to an event with his first child, when he's up in the middle of the night walking with the screaming infant. He realizes that the fact of jail time may be the only thing keeping him from throwing the screaming baby out the window. Yes, fathers and mothers and fosterparents all have these thoughts, but how many confess to them? He discovered what many fathers learn: through the act of providing care for a living being, a person bonds with that being. Minimal caregiving leads to minimal bonding. He notes it's not the act of giving birth itself that creates the bond. Someone in the book comments that adoptive parents likely don't bond as closely with their children. Lewis responds by asking if that person ever had a dog? His point is well-taken. I'd recommend this book to any potential or new father as a helpful guide into the new territory of fatherhood.