Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road: And Other Lies I Tell My Children

by Susan Konig

Book Overview

Susan Konig's first book offers a uniquely frank look at the modern family by "an exceptional humorist on the order of Erma Bombeck and Jean Kerr" "(Library Journal").The Konigs can barely turn around... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312332378
• ISBN13: 9780312332372
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Funny, entertaining and insightful

This is really a treat as Ms. Konig let's us into the inner workings of her family - and her own head. "Why Animals..." makes a great gift - I've given at least twenty of them and everyone has appreciated the read. I hope there's a sequel!

Funny! A mom in need of a laugh? Get this book!

Are you a mom with young kids? Maybe you have a toddler and are pregnant again? You will be nodding your head, saying, uh-huh, laughing, totally identifying with this mom. Probably saying, "Hey, I could have written this!" I'm enjoying this book and as a mom to two young ones, a 3 yr old, and an 11 month old, I recommend it. (I read it in the bathroom or while nursing!)

Wonderfully Funny and Honest!

Maybe we have our new Erma Bombeck in Susan Konig who supplies some wonderfully humorous and amazingly honest looks at motherhood in her new book, which is a compliation of realted essays. It's been over 20 years since I had todlers but Konig brought it all back to me - the fun, the funny, the insanity! This book will be enjoyed by mothers of all ages and circumstances.