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Summary: The Trials and Errors Over a 6 Month Experiment
Review: I just couldn't get past the fact that this guy is a professional writer, as is his wife, who thought he might be able to sell some books on this unique subject. It honestly distracted me throughout the entire reading. His was an interesting experiment of a man working around the house for a few months. But hey let's face it, he is now back to his high-profile career of sports writing after having finished with this low profile writing project. Rent the movie "Mr. Mom," it's better.
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Summary: GREAT read!
Review: I read the book after watching Murphy interviewed on the Today Show. The book is just great with many laugh out loud funny moments. HIGHLY recommend! (Make your husband's read it!)
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Summary: I guess it IS tough!
Review: I zipped through this book in just two days because I just had to see if he figured it out! He did and all I could think was, my husband must read this book! I laughed throughout the whole book, his perceptions on stay-at-home parenthood and his easy writing style made for a great read. As a stay-at-home mom, I appreciated knowing that there was at least one other person in the world who couldn't quite fall in love with house-cleaning and laundry, even though they're high on our "job description" list. Now I want to read his Sports Illustrated articles..if I can find time between the laundry and the dinner-making!
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Summary: Choppy language
Review: Okay, I must confess... I really did enjoy this book. The story was wity, and as another reviewer said, the narrator was very likable. HOWEVER, I get the feeling that after he wrote his first draft, he and his wife sat down with a thesarus and made it a point to change at least two words in every sentence. This completely breaks off the flow of the book. You can't really write casually and then throw in words that are not necessarily a part of everyday language. Example: "I then dim the dining room lights - ostensibly to create ambience...". I'm a college educated woman who can certainly handle it, but the unevenness of the language in the book really became annoying after awhile. But again, the story was great and very entertaining. Just look past the choppy words.
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Summary: Laughed so hard I damn near cried
Review: This is one of those books that you tell all your friends about. Two things stand out for me: the absolutely manic laughter it elicited and the benefit it gave me. Murphy's writing style perfectly juxtaposes bawdy humor with an obvious intelligence; and when in doubt, he goes for the laugh. I laughed so hard at this thing that a couple of times it gave me an asthma attack. I think it helps if you have kids, and you recognize how ugly parenting can get. But there is also a deeper benefit. Like the author, I finished the book with a better "vision," a clearer sense of just how hard, how maddening, and how unending the daily life of a woman is. I think I'm a better husband having read it.
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Summary: Laughed so hard I damn near cried
Review: This is one of those books that you tell all your friends about. Two things stand out for me: the absolutely manic laughter it elicited and the benefit it gave me. Murphy's writing style perfectly juxtaposes bawdy humor with an obvious intelligence; and when in doubt, he goes for the laugh. I laughed so hard at this thing that a couple of times it gave me an asthma attack. I think it helps if you have kids, and you recognize how ugly parenting can get. But there is also a deeper benefit. Like the author, I finished the book with a better "vision," a clearer sense of just how hard, how maddening, and how unending the daily life of a woman is. I think I'm a better husband having read it.
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Summary: much funnier than I expected
Review: This sounded pretty predictable and I expected sitcom humor, maybe a few laughs but familiar ones. But Murphy (whose work you may know from SI) is much better than that. He's wry without being too sarcastic, and he's never mean-spirited. He's a likeable narrator and this is a surprisingly sharp and funny book. A great father's day gift.
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Summary: Loved it.
Review: This was very gratifying to read. I'm a SAHM with 3 young children who ran out and bought the book after reading the funny excerpt in People Magazine. So insightful and entertaining. I haven't laughed that hard in quite some time.
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