The motherhood columnist and her Emmy Award-winning comedian husband interviewed celebrities, athletes and authors for three hours a day entertaining loyal listeners across the country and internationally. Parade Magazine says of Teenagers & Toddlers Are Trying to Kill Me!: "Surviving parenthood is never so funny as when Susan Konig tells tales of the joyful chaos
The motherhood columnist and her Emmy Award-winning comedian husband interviewed celebrities, athletes and authors for three hours a day entertaining loyal listeners across the country and internationally. Parade Magazine says of Teenagers & Toddlers Are Trying to Kill Me!: "Surviving parenthood is never so funny as when Susan Konig tells tales of the joyful chaos that is life with her four children." Susan began her career schlepping shopping bags for Washington Post fashion editor Nina Hyde. Her articles and essays have appeared in many national publications including Ladies'Though this debut will hold particular interest for harried parents, even single women will be delighted by this amusing glimpse into American family life. (Readers will identify with Konig when she describes having to hide all the pens in her house from her son, who likes to write on furniture, and then not being able to find a pen when she needs one.) Despite its humorous tone, readers will often be touched by the more sensitive moments, like Konig's depiction of her two-year-old comforting the family's dying cat: "My son had just learned how to be gentle with her. . Filled with warm family anecdotes and belly laughs, the book deals with such universal subjects as living in cramped quarters, dealing with the demise of beloved pets (or unwanted roadside varmints)Susan Konig's first book offers a uniquely frank look at the modern family by "an exceptional humorist on the order of Erma Bombeck and Jean Kerr" (Library Journal). With Baby #3 on the way, they take drastic measures: They buy a house and move to The 'Burbs. Countless sticky adventures ensue. In her hilariously unflinching account of motherhood and domestic pursuits, Konig shares a supermom's little secrets, from the importance of Cheerios to the truth about Bambi's mother ("she was running an errand").. The Konigs can barely turn around in a city apartment that seems to be shrinkingI still read it and refer to it. As the journal details his difficulties at home, what they discover also helps them understand their cantankerous Aunt Ethel, a perennial although beloved thorn in the side of the sisters. It will surely provoke intense dialogue but perhaps also confusion for those heretofore clueless about the true meaning liberty vs. Can't wait for number three!. and Roy Park Jr. I'm reading this book right now - about halfway finished. Author doesn't try to be academic, overbearing or condescending, so it's a pretty good read. Curiosity—a key indicator of mental health in Samuel Johnson’s judgment—can devolve into a love of morbid gossip. Incredible story. Could they rekindle love’s flame? Would Monica’s desperate attempt to find love destroy her family and her husband’s ministry? And the end, oh: what a wonderful twist.I am very excited to read more about the members of Love Zion in Book Two.Job well done!. It is many things: a biography of Park Sr and his stunning, self-made rise to wealth and power, and it is an autobiograp
- Title : Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and other lies I tell my children)
- Author : Susan Konig
- Rating : 4.96 (348 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-6-17
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 194 Pages
- Asin : 0989538117
- Language : English
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