In the spirit of his wildly popular New Yorker pieces and the New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People, Thurber-prize winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection of poetry for people with children.With the same brilliant wit and hilarious realism that made
Love Poems for Married People such a hit, John Kenney is back with a brand new collection of poems, this time taking on the greatest "joy" in life: children. Kenney covers it all, from newborns, toddlers, and sleep deprivation, to the terrible twos, terrible tweens, and terrible teens. A parent's love is unconditional, but sometimes that button can't help but be pushed. Between back to school shopping, summer vacations that never end, the awkwardness of puberty, the inevitable post-college moving back in, and more, a parent's job is never done, whether they like it or not.
On sale: October 15, 2019
Page count: 112 Pages
ISBN: 9780593085240
John Kenney is the
New York Times bestselling author of the humorous poetry collection
Love Poems for Married People, and the novels
Talk to Me and
Truth in Advertising, which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He has worked for many years as a copywriter. He has also been a contributor to
The New Yorker magazine since 1999. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
One of Fredericksburg Free Lance Star's Best Books of 2019 “Packed full of laugh-out-loud poems that are all too relatable if you are married with kids—or just married.”
–The Washington Post“[A] hilarious look into parenting.”
—TODAY "Kenney's sweet, funny poems about the banal and everyday—too-true nods to the intimacy of sharing a bed with someone without touching at all, or the nothing-speak of corporate communication—make great presents for spouses, friends, and work wives."
—Vanity Fair“Often profound, often hilarious, Kenney captures what it's like to raise a human being from the ground up.”
—Cleveland Scene
“[
Love Poems for People with Children] will be immediately relatable to all parents and a much needed laugh. So the next time you're hiding out in a public restroom, like the subject in one of the poems, give this book a read.”
—Parkersburg News & Sentinel
“Perfect as a stocking stuffer for that soon-to-be-parent or the already-a-parent-I-never-realized-how-good-my-hair-looked-unshowered-for-four-days on your holiday list....These little gems make life glow a little brighter.”
—Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
