This is such a funny book. Very entertaining as Linc describes his feelings towards being home all day with his 3-year-old. I am a "housewife" and can relate to some of his dilemas. Unfortunately, when he describes himself as a control freak about the cleanliness of the house and his overzealous control of how he is raising his daughter, he makes me feel guilty about my house; could be cleaner and maybe I don't spend enough time with my kids. I really fell for Linc in this story and found myself wanting one just like him! It has also motivated me to start cooking some different dinners.

Linc, in some ways was SO wholesome, sometimes using the book as a soapbox to have a little dig and bitch about the lack of parenting some stay-at-home mums do. In our modern culture we encounter more stay-at-home dads, and the message I got in this book is no matter what gender you are, from time to time, we all experience the feeling of no self worth when staying at home on a full time basis. Linc obviously wanted the homemaker title to stick, the reader being treated to the odd recipe, On OK story.

Absolutely one of the funniest and engaging books about child care and SAHM's. I think this book makes a lot of true points, about gender and about the unrecognized value of a homemaker.

Don't read this if you either think only women can be homemakers or think housework is a snap. I think this book makes a lot of true points, about gender and about the unrecognized value of a homemaker, and I think the readers giving reviews are influenced by whether they agree with these points. However a good message doesn't necessarily make a good book. The points could have been made in a 5,000 word position paper. Or this story could have made a tight novella. But, despite the well-written prose, the situation is unchanged for most of the book: Linc is unhappy as a househusband despite the rewards, yet he's trapped. The book failed to engage me in whether he has an affair with his neighbor, or with what happens to his mother on the run, or how he will deal with an inadequate nanny. I enjoyed the individual scenes but overall the trip to the end took too long.

Absolutely one of the funniest and engaging books about child care and SAHM's. I laughed out loud so many times my co-workers thought I was nuts! I say bravo to Mr Hudler for a true glimpse of man in a woman's part of the world. I know there are men out there like this, because I have one!