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Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Publishing
ISBN-100522856802
ISBN-139780522856804
eBay Product ID (ePID)78833825
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameHenry Loves Jazz : the Diary of a Reluctant Father
LanguageEnglish
SubjectParenting / General, Personal Memoirs
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorStephen Lacey
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"Lacey doesn't gloss over his sometimes fractious relationships with his parents and his wife, which adds to the reality and validity of the book.Henry Loves Jazzwill appeal to men who want a heads-up on what could happen when their partners are pregnant." -Australian Bookseller & Publishermagazine, "Lacey doesn't gloss over his sometimes fractious relationships with his parents and his wife, which adds to the reality and validity of the book. Henry Loves Jazz will appeal to men who want a heads-up on what could happen when their partners are pregnant." -- Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine, "Lacey doesn't gloss over his sometimes fractious relationships with his parents and his wife, which adds to the reality and validity of the book. Henry Loves Jazz will appeal to men who want a heads-up on what could happen when their partners are pregnant." — Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine, "Lacey doesn't gloss over his sometimes fractious relationships with his parents and his wife, which adds to the reality and validity of the book. Henry Loves Jazz will appeal to men who want a heads-up on what could happen when their partners are pregnant." -- Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine
SynopsisOffers an account of what happens in a family when a first-born child comes home. Told from a father's perspective, this title present a fly-on-the-wall look at sleepless nights, exploding eco-nappies, celebrity chef cookbooks, black jellybeans and giant Mexican tarantulas., Stephen Lacey is quite possibly the most neurotic human being on the planet. A bundle of depression, anxiety and hives, he wonders whether he's cut out to be a father. In fact, he's not even sure he likes children. Henry Loves Jazz is a fly-on-the-wall account of what happens when Henry, his first-born child, comes home: the sleepless nights, exploding eco-nappies, celebrity chef cookbooks, black jellybeans and giant Mexican tarantulas. Henry Loves Jazz is not just about those first months of coping with a baby at forty-three, but the author's journey from a childless existence to the dagdom of parenthood. Along the way, he questions everything he knows about his own upbringing and his relationship with his parents and his long-suffering wife. He also discovers a love so deep, he can't see the bottom.
