Reviews
"IfWhat to Expect When You're Expectingsomehow mated with Bill Bryson, the result would beAmerican Parent. It's funny, smart, surprising, and useful. Sam Apple is a great writer." -A.J. Jacobs, author ofThe Year of Living Biblically "Parents-to-be, you may feel that you're entering a foreign realm: a land of complex rituals, deadly hazards, and tiny screaming natives. That's where Sam Apple comes in. His book is an honest, funny, and oddly reassuring look at the reality of becoming an American parent."Laura Wattenberg, author ofThe Baby Name Wizard "As a guy about to have my first child, this book was incredibly valuable. It's reassuring to know there's someone doing the same stupid things as me. Singing into my wife's stomach? Tasting baby food? I can't believe there are two of us this pathetic." Joel Stein, columnist,Time MagazineandThe Los Angeles Times "A brilliant, hilarious and touching foray into the brave new world of fatherhood ... So exhaustively researched, hilariously recounted and tenderly written, no new parent should be in the delivery room without it!"Betty Londergan, author ofThe Agony and The Agony, "IfWhat to Expect While You're Expectingsomehow mated with Bill Bryson's oeuvre, the result would beAmerican Parent.It's funny, smart, surprising and useful. Sam Apple is a great writer."-A.J. Jacobs, author ofThe Year of Living Biblically "Parents-to-be, you may feel that you're entering a foreign realm: a land of complex rituals, deadly hazards, and tiny screaming natives. That's where Sam Apple comes in. His book is an honest, funny, and oddly reassuring look at the reality of becoming an American parent."-Laura Wattenberg, author ofThe Baby Name Wizard "As a guy about to have my first child, this book was incredibly valuable. And by valuable, I mean that it's reassuring to know there's someone doing the same stupid things as me. Singing into my wife's stomach? Baby name consultants? I can't believe there are two of us this pathetic."- Joel Stein, columnist, Time MagazineandThe Los Angeles Times "A brilliant, hilarious and touching foray into the brave new world of fatherhood ... So exhaustively researched, hilariously recounted and tenderly written, no new parent should be in the delivery room without it!"-Betty Londergan, author of I'm Too Sexy for My Volvo and The Agony and The Agony, "If What to Expect When You're Expecting somehow mated with Bill Bryson, the result would be American Parent . It's funny, smart, surprising, and useful. Sam Apple is a great writer." A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically "Parents-to-be, you may feel that you're entering a foreign realm: a land of complex rituals, deadly hazards, and tiny screaming natives. That's where Sam Apple comes in. His book is an honest, funny, and oddly reassuring look at the reality of becoming an American parent."Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard "As a guy about to have my first child, this book was incredibly valuable. It's reassuring to know there's someone doing the same stupid things as me. Singing into my wife's stomach? Tasting baby food? I can't believe there are two of us this pathetic." Joel Stein, columnist, Time Magazine and The Los Angeles Times "A brilliant, hilarious and touching foray into the brave new world of fatherhood ... So exhaustively researched, hilariously recounted and tenderly written, no new parent should be in the delivery room without it!"Betty Londergan, author of The Agony and The Agony From the Hardcover edition.
