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    Dad You Suck: And other things my children tell me
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    Dad You Suck: And other things my children tell me
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    Dad You Suck: And other things my children tell me

    Written by Tim Dowling

    Narrated by Tim Dowling

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    About this audiobook

    Written with self-excoriating candour and the driest humour, comes a book about being a dad from one of our best loved journalists.

    “For me the hardest task of fatherhood was always the oppressive obligation to lead by example. My sons have been present on countless occasions when I have, as we say in my homeland, completely lost my shit. During these stressful moments I have often wished to turn to them as a judge might to a jury and say, “Please strike the next few minutes from the record”, but many of those instances are chronicled in these pages. It’s not because I’m any less ashamed now; it’s because if I left them out there wouldn’t be enough for a book.

    Perhaps this is my life’s true purpose: maybe I’m here to teach my sons that self-esteem comes and goes – it can get rolled right out of you at short notice – but that you still can get by in life without any, as long as you don’t want to be a contestant on The Apprentice. That, at least, is my experience. And for what it’s worth, my example.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateMay 18, 2017
    ISBN9780007549887
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    Dad You Suck: And other things my children tell me
    Author

    Tim Dowling

    Tim Dowling (Boston, 1973) se trasladó a vivir al Reino Unido a los veintisiete años y actualmente reside con su mujer y sus tres hijos en Londres, donde trabaja como periodista en The Guardian y como columnista en el suplemento Weekend. Ha publicado los libros Inventor of the Disposable Culture: King Camp Gillette 1855-1932, Not the Archer Prison Diary, Suspicious Packages and Extendable Arms, The Giles Wareing Haters’ Club y The Solution?: Finally a Solution to a Nation’s Worst Problem. Es miembro del grupo de música Police Dog Hogan, en el que toca el banjo.

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    • 4/5
      One of the most exciting voices in young adult fiction, Jenny Valentine succeeds again with this story of a family coping with the death of a child.
    • 5/5
      This was a good case of "never judge a book by its cover". I bypassed this one for a while because the cover just looked too teenage (I'm an adult who just happens to still read a lot of children's/YA fiction). And yet when I did get round to it, I found it completely absorbing. One of those can't-put-it-down books. And I absolutely hadn't guessed the twist at the end!
    • 3/5
      First I should say that I did like the characters and cared about them. That being said, I didn't like much else. The plot varied between being unbelievable (coincidences, etc.) to being way too predictable. Also, the formatting of the dialogue was annoying. I guess I've just read so many books like this that this one doesn't stand out in any way for me, other than the fact they're in London rather than in the US.
    • 5/5
      British teenager Rowan is the glue that is holding her family together after the death of her brother. It's been two years since her brother Jack died, but her sister still writes him letters and her mother remains depressed. Her parents divorce has left Rowan as the caretaker of the family - far more responsibility than a fifteen year-old should have to take on. While this book was written for the teenage crowd, adults will find familiarity with the issues of depression, loss, and first loves.