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Here's Looking at You, Kids: The Crowded Romance of Mom and Dad
Here's Looking at You Kids The Crowded Romance of Mom and Dad Author:Hugh O'Neill "Destined to become a classic of family life, Here's Looking at You, Kids is the spine-tingling adventure of parenthood, the last best hope of Mom and Dad, who are-alas-probably too tired to read it. HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, Kid begins in a traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike with cookies in midair. It ends on the beach with the wi... more »nd and some ice cream in Mom's hair. In between, this antic odyssey of 'Dad" Quixote and his family touches down in amusement parks, toy stores, at birthday parties, in the linen closet, deep in the woods, and backstage at a third-grade production of The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, But through all the extravagant laughter of raising kids, the chaos can't hide the heroic truth. Those aren't just the basement stairs, they're the Russian steppes. And parenthood is a heroic crusade. Hugh O'Neill is a knight of the kitchen table. This is his hilarious love song to knock knock jokes, apple juice, obligation, Hide and Go Seek, pig Latin, homework, exhaustion, and Mom. "This would be a look at family life through rose-colored glasses," quote the poet laureate of parenthood, "if the kids hadn't sold my glasses to their friend, Phil." Here's Looking at You, Kids is a salute to Mom and Dad as romantic leads. So, if you've ever felt diminished by oatmeal on your shoes or wondered if you could just grab a quick nap in the frozen food aisle, welcome to a romance about school, about the zoo, about crayons and glue. Welcome to a slow dance of night-lights and snow pants. Welcome to the circus music and symphony called home.« less