About the Author

Dan Zevin has been a comic correspondent for NPR, the humor columnist for "Boston Magazine" and the "Boston Phoenix," and a contributor to national publications, including "Rolling Stone," "Maxim," "Details," "Elle," "Cosmopolitan," and "Glamour." He is the author of "Entry-Level Life," "The Nearly-Wed Handbook," and "The Day I Turned Uncool," which was optioned by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions and is now in development at Sony.

Reviews

"Dan Zevin yanks the car seats and the sippy cups out of that minivan and sticks a blow Hemi dragster engine back there--I mean in his prose style. In his lifestyle it's, um . . . a different matter." --P.J. O'Rourke

"It's a book about a regular guy taking his first tentative, sometimes scary steps toward being a fully formed adult, and it is always funny and sometimes laugh-out-loud hilarious.... Highly recommended to fans of Barry, Roy Blount, and Bill Geist." --Booklist

"This is the funniest book about parenting I've read in a long, long time. Dan Zevin is a major talent. I want to kill him." --Dave Barry

Humorist Zevin's memoirs have taken us through his post-college days, wedding, and early marriage. Now, two children after his last volume, The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up, Zevin amusingly recounts his early days of fatherhood from finding the right nanny to the best way to tour Disneyland with kids. In this first audiobook release of his works, it isn't just his children who have matured. Other signs of Zevin's aging include the eponymous minivan purchase that has left him open to snarky comments from current hip guys, including one driving a Vespa scooter who mockingly remarks on the minivan being a babe magnet. Zevin draws on his experience as a radio personality and does a fine job narrating his own work. VERDICT This easy listening book is recommended for fans of Zevin's earlier books and those who enjoy the burgeoning field of fatherhood titles.-Deb West, Gannon Univ. Lib., Erie, PA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.