
Daditude: The Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood
Wise, wry, and witty essays on fatherhood from Chris Erskine, the beloved columnist for the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
“Charming, well written, concise, and to the point. Perfect for anyone who enjoys stories of fatherhood.”
― Library Journal
Life is never peaceful in Chris Erskine's house, what with the four kids, 300-pound beagle, chronically leaky roof, and long-suffering wife, Posh. And that's exactly the way he likes it, except when he doesn't. Every week in the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune (and now and then in many other papers), Erskine distills, mocks, and makes us laugh at the absurdities of suburban fatherhood. And now, he's gathered the very best of these witty and wise essays―and invited his kids (and maybe even Posh) to annotate them with updated commentary, which they promise won't be too snarky. This handsome book is the perfect gift for the father who would have everything―if he hadn't already given it all to his kids.
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Book details
- Author
- Chris Erskine
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 184
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Family & Relationships › Parenting › Fatherhood
Humor › Topic › Marriage & Family
Literary Collections › Essays - Topics
- parenting humor · suburban family life · humorous essays · marriage and family · dogs · newspaper columns
- ISBN-13
- 9781945551307 (Hardcover)9798887981192 (Paperback)
About the author
CHRIS ERSKINE is a humor columnist whose work appears weekly in the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, as well as in numerous papers nationwide. He is the author of Man of the House and Surviving Suburbia.
Erskine also serves as a staff editor and writer at the Los Angeles Times.
When he’s not writing, Erskine draws on life as the father of four in a quiet Los Angeles suburb, and that experience with fatherhood, marriage, and suburbia provides the recurring subject matter of his columns.
Chris lives in a quiet suburb of Los Angeles with his family.





