Father-ish: Laugh-Out-Loud Tales From a Dad Trying Not to Ruin His Kids' Lives

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Clint Edwards, author of the hit book I'm Sorry.Love Your Husband, and the follow up Silence is a Scary Sound, is back with a third collection of essays chronicling honest tales of struggling to raise three young kids, making plenty of mistakes along the way and learning to be a better father. After Clint's first collection of stories, which act as an apology to his wife, this natural follow up will place the author's children at the center of the apology and recount funny and relatable tales of Clint's parenting fails. Stories will detail incidents of the author half surviving, half ruining birthdays, holidays, vacations and other important milestones in his children's lives, and touchingly examine the ways he makes up for them. With this book exploring the widely universal theme of parenting, new audiences (as well as Clint's dedicated following) will see stories as both a mirror of their own lives and a comic relief from it. Essays include titles like, "I Changed A Friend's Name in my Phone to Santa and Had Him Text Threats to my Children" and "Reasons My Children Cried At Their Own Birthday Parties." Clint's addicting voice, writing about being a parent around the holidays, will help anyone who is a mother or father, who works with young children, is member of a large family or has ever taken care of another human being before connect with these stories.

Clint Edwards is the author of I'm Sorry.Love, Your Husband and Silence is a Scary Sound. He owns and operates the parenting blog No Idea What I'm Doing: A Daddy Blog. Clint's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, People and more. He has also appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Clint, his wife and their three kids live in Lebanon, Oregon.

"Have the tissues handy because the tears of laughter won't stop. Father-ish is a hilarious, heartwarming must-read." --Rita Templeton, Deputy Editor at Scary Mommy "Parents at all stages of kid-wrangling will appreciate the comic relief and honesty in Clint's storytelling." --Annie Reneau, Associate Editor at Upworthy "From performing the Heimlich on his dog, to doling out lies about Santa and Elf on the Shelf, Clint expertly navigates the headaches of parenting." --Stephanie Jankowski, author of Schooled "I think [Clint] is hilarious!" --Kelly Clarkson "A delightful, engaging and illustrative read, Clint's essays in Fatherish are humorous, emotional, and relatable placing the reader in a scene with exceptional details and storytelling. Fatherish brilliantly captures the universal experiences dads (parents) can relate to, and as a bonus, the needed stress relief capturing modern life and parenting." --Dr. Claire Nicogossian, author of Mama, You Are Enough Father-ish is perfect for the dad who likes humor and memoirs with a dash of wisdom on the side. --Country Living