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Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous and Heartfelt Essays, edited by the creator ofwww.dooce.com
 

Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous and Heartfelt Essays, edited by the creator ofwww.dooce.com

Compiled by Heather B. Armstrong, award-winning publisher and uber-mistress of the phenomenally popular dooce.com®, this hilarious and heartwarming celebration of "everything dad" features original stories from some of the country's most celebrated bloggers, including Alice Bradley (Finslippy) Doug French (Laid Off Dad), Maggie Mason (Mighty Girl), Matthew Baldwin (Defective Yeti), Sarah Brown... (read more)

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Avidan A
  • Rated 2 stars

“This is a collection of essays about fatherhood written by various bloggers and compiled by Heather B. Armstrong of www.dooce.com. The essays vary from those written by fathers about their kids or to their kids, to those written about the authors' fathers. I found the essays witten by the fathers quite interesting and enjoyed seeing parenthood from the dads' perspective. My favorite essays were 'Sam I Am' by Matthew Baldwin and 'Day Job' by Heather B. Armstrong. This was a little different...”

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  • Rated 3.8 stars
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  • Rated 0 stars
  

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  • Avidan A

    avidan a said:

    “This book was ok, I was expecting it to be more funny though. Some of the essays are kind of boring and the writing isn't that great. I wish there were more essays by Heather herself in it.”

    posted 2 weeks ago
  • Amanda C

    amanda c said:

    “An avid Dooce reader, I cannot wait to read this book. It will definitely be one I buy as opposed to check out from the library.”

    posted Saturday, March 29 2008
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