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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas

by Tom Papa

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Family life, in its many comic dilemmas

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Family life, in its many comic dilemmas

Tom Papa’s collection of essays takes family life as its organizing thread, moving through the everyday frictions and habits that can make relatives both bewildering and meaningful. Its topics range from parenting contrasts and family vacations to coffee, marriage, pets, and the bread at the table. The chapter subjects suggest a comic look at the small negotiations of living alongside other people, with family serving as the book’s recurring frame.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults who enjoy humor essays about family and everyday relationships.
  • Readers interested in comic observations on parenting, marriage, pets, and domestic routines.

Themes

Family relationshipsEveryday domestic lifeHumorParenting and marriage

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Book overview

It's hard being a person, especially in a family, and no one knows that better than stand-up comedian, and family man, Tom Papa

How do you deal with a life filled with a whole host of characters and their bizarre, inescapable behavior? Especially when you're related to them? Tom Papa is here to help you make sense of it all. Your Dad Stole My Rake is a hilarious and warm book that saws deep into every branch of the family tree and uncovers the most bizarre and surprisingly meaningful aspects of our lives.

Among the topics covered:
- Tiger Mom v. Ice-Cream Mom
- Stop Trying to Be Cool
- In Defense of Family Vacations
- No Fighting Before Coffee
- Wife Lie Detector
- Your Cat Thinks You're Too Needy
- Just Eat the Bread

Anyone who has a family, grew up in a family, or has spent time with another human being will love this book!

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