A comic and heartwarming memoir about childhood's second act from
Real Simple journalist Catherine Newman.
Much is written about a child's infancy and toddler years, which is good
since children will never remember it themselves. It is ages 4-14 that
make up the second act, as Catherine Newman puts it in this delightfully
candid, outlandishly funny new memoir about the years that "your
children will remember as childhood."
Following Newman's son and daughter as they blossom from preschoolers
into teenagers, Catastrophic Happiness is about the bittersweet joy of
raising children -- and the ever-evolving landscape of issues parents
traverse. In a laugh out-loud, heart-wrenching, relatable voice, Newman
narrates events as momentous as grief and as quietly moving as the
moonlit face of a sleeping child.
From tantrums and friendship to fear and even sex, Newman's fresh take
will appeal to any parent riding this same roller coaster of laughter
and heartbreak.