The Bastard on the Couch: 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings About Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060565349 ISBN 13: 9780060565343

Publisher: William Morrow, 2004

Synopsis

The husband of the author of The Bitch in the House presents a collection of straight-talking, original essays by such contributors as David Gates, Vince Passaro, and Anthony Swofford on the motivations and pet peeves of today's men. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

“I loved the book. . . . the essays are powerful, passionate, poignant, and funny.” (London Free Press)

Synopsis:

The husband of The Bitch in the House responds with a collection of original pieces by male writers about what men desire, need, love, and loathe in their relationships today ...Cathi Hanauer's The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage spurred a national conversation in the US about the level of friction in contemporary marriages and relationships. Now her husband, Daniel Jones, has rallied the men for the "literary equivalent of The Full Monty," in which twenty-seven thoughtful, passionate, and often hilarious men lay it bare when it comes to their wives and girlfriends, their hopes and fears. Enough with pop psychiatrists telling us why men lie, cheat, and want nothing more than to laze around the house in front of the TV. Enough with women wondering aloud -- at increasing volume -- why the men in their lives behave the way they do. The time has come for men to speak for themselves. Many of the husbands and fathers in these pages contemplate aspects of their personal lives they've never before revealed in print -- they kick open the door on their marriages and sex lives, their fathering and domestic conflicts, their most

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060565349
• ISBN 13: 9780060565343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Jones Daniel