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Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood |  | Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 4936
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 039306901X
EAN: 9780393069013
ASIN: 039306901X
Publication Date: May 18, 2009
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A book that explores the difference between the idea of fatherhood and a man’s actual experience of it. When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn’t feel, and to do things that he couldn’t see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he realized that all around him fathers were pretending to do one thing, to feel one way, when in fact they felt and did all sorts of things, then engaged in what amounted to an extended cover-up.
Lewis decided to keep a written record of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children. This book is that record. But it is also something else: maybe the funniest, most unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded from the point of view of the man inside. The remarkable thing about this story isn’t that Lewis is so unusual. It’s that he is so typical. The only wonder is that his wife has allowed him to publish it. 3 photos.
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 A Vindicating Book for Fathers March 20, 2010
Richard Stowell (SF Bay Area)
I laughed out loud as I read this book. I am a big Michael Lewis fan, and have found humor in all of his books, even though he writes to educate and inspire. Home Game meets all the standards of its predecessors.
A new father, I appreciated his downright brutal (some mothers might say antisocial) honesty. He makes fathers feel safe having doubts and regrets, but redeems his taboo thoughts with stories of genuine humanity.
For example, on an urban camping trip with his daughters, they all discovered together that the author was no good at camping; he, of course, embodied the daughters' disappointment, but related the tale with a self-deprecating humor that makes the reader feel smarter and more fulfilled.
My wife endorsed the book, too, probably because it puts fathers in the role of lovable dimwit when compared to the female parent. The read can be cathartic, even vindicating.
Fair or not, fathers have a role whose conventions are changing faster than we can define them. Lewis comes as close as I've read to describing the expectations, emotions, and realities of that role.
Should be required parental reading March 10, 2010
Thomas W. Day (St. Paul, MN)
Michael Lewis should be the baseline requirement for parenting. Anyone not smart enough to laugh constantly at Lewis' insights should not be allowed to breed. I'm a parent and a grandparent and I'm amazed at how much more about child-raising he understands than I will ever comprehend. This is a terrific book, even if you are dumb enough to want to have kids after reading it.
Hilarious January 21, 2010
Maestra D. (Michigan)
Michael Lewis is a natural storyteller. After I heard my husband laughing out loud and reading passages from the book to me, I just knew that I had to read this book.
Fatherhood For Better and For Worse January 11, 2010
C. J. Schaefer (Tacoma, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Described by Malcolm Gladwell as one of the greatest storytellers of our time, Michael Lewis, author of "The Blind Side" (yes, the same one as the movie), "Liar's Poker" and others writes of his daily experiences figuring out what it really means to be a dad in an age where parenting and gender roles have become blurred and confused. Lewis writes, "Obviously, we're in the midst of some long unhappy transition between the model of fatherhood as practiced by my father and some ideal model."
Like many dads, Lewis experienced a wide range of emotions after the birth of his first child, but what kept him awake at night was the glaring and seemingly shameful mismatch between what he thought he should be feeling towards his child and how he actually felt. This inner battle overshadowed other areas of his life and drove him to the pen. He explains,
"I began keeping a journal of my experience of fatherhood seven months after the birth of our first child. The reader will quickly see that I didn't set out to write about new fatherhood. I set out to write about Paris, but Paris was overshadowed by a seven-month-old baby. Most of what follows was written in the hazy, sleepless, and generally unpleasant first year after the birth of each of my three children."
One of the funniest books I've read in years, "Home Game" reveals the struggles and victories of Lewis the father, but more than just Lewis, it is a book of modern fathers everywhere. The tales contained in the book speak of intimacy, regret, love, awkwardness and the dirt that makes parenting crazy and beautiful.
Hilarious! December 29, 2009
Lolly Hellman (Venice Beach, CA USA)
My favorite part of this book is when Michael Lewis talks about his daughter in the pool and he is watching her from afar with his crocodile eyes. His daughter clearly informs everyone that she has peed in the pool and she doesn't give a damn whether they like it or not. . .my kind of girl. If you have children, this book is a must read. I laughed so hard, I cried and had to go back and re-read certain parts. Also, please excuse my poor sentence structure on my reviews. An author just pointed that out to me and I hope you will not take it as an insult to your intelligence that I am not as bright as others. I just thought that this forum of giving book reviews was a nice way of letting the author know how much I enjoyed their book. While riding my bicyle in the Marina Del Rey earlier this year, I was hit from behind by some gang bangers and it broke 5 bones in my right arm, ever since, my typing has become a bit sloppy since the HMO felt I did not need physical therapy. Michael Lewis you are a treasure, please write more. I can still turn a page with my left hand and you're worth every buck!
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