Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Book Displays: Funny Families.....and you thought yours was bad!

Many titles from the Novelist List Funny Families compiled by Kimberly Burton http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=neh&tg=UI&an=427634&site=novp-live

Lost in suburbia : how I got pregnant, lost myself, and got my cool back in the New Jersey suburbs
by Beckerman, Tracy

French twist : an American mom's experiment in Parisian parenting
by Crawford, Catherine

Dad is fat
by Gaffigan, Jim

Cool, calm & contentious
by Markoe, Merrill

Dress your family in corduroy and denim
by Sedaris, David
(really most books by Sedaris)

I can't complain : (all too) personal essays
by Lipman, Elinor

My inappropriate life : some material not suitable for small children, nuns, or mature adults
by McDonald, Heather

Dan gets a minivan : life at the intersection of dude and dad
by Zevin, Dan

Sh*t my dad says
by Halpern, Justin

Let's pretend this never happened : (a mostly true memoir)
by Lawson, Jenny

Funny in Farsi : a memoir of growing up Iranian in America
by Dumas, Firoozeh

The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid : a memoir
by Bryson, Bill

A girl named Zippy : growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana
by Kimmel, Haven

Manhood for amateurs : the pleasures and regrets of a husband, father, and son
by Chabon, Michael

My mother was nuts : a memoir
by Marshall, Penny

Running with scissors : a memoir
by Burroughs, Augusten

Fiction ruined my family
by Darst, Jeanne

Fresh off the boat : a memoir
by Huang, Eddie

The corrections
by Franzen, Jonathan

A spool of blue thread
by Tyler, Anne

Lifesaving lessons : notes from an accidental mother
by Greenlaw, Linda