Dan Gets a Minivan
eBook - ePub

Dan Gets a Minivan

Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Dan Gets a Minivan

Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad

About this book

A coming-of-middle-age tale told with warmth and wit, Dan Gets a Minivan provides the one thing every parent really needs: comic relief. Whether you're a dude, a dad, or someone who's married to either, fasten your seat belt and prepare to crack up. T he least hip citizen of Brooklyn, Dan Zevin has a working wife, two small children, a mother who visits each week to "help, " and an obese Labrador mutt who prefers to be driven rather than walked. How he got to this point is a bit of a blur. There was a wedding, and then there was a puppy. A home was purchased in New England. A wife was promoted and transferred to New York. A town house. A new baby boy. A new baby girl. A stay-at-home dad was born. A prescription for Xanax was filled. Gray hairs appeared; gray hairs fell out. Six years passed in six seconds. And then came the minivan. Dan Zevin, master of "Seinfeld-ian nothingness" (Time), is trying his best to make the transition from couplehood to familyhood. Acclimating to the adult-oriented lifestyle has never been his strong suit, and this slice-of-midlife story chronicles the whole hilarious journey—from instituting date night to joining Costco; from touring Disneyland to recovering from knee surgery; from losing ambition to gaining perspective. Where it's all heading is anyone's guess, but, for Dan, suburbia's calling—and his minivan has GPS.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Description
  4. About Dan Zevin
  5. Also by Dan Zevin
  6. Title Page
  7. Copyright
  8. Dedication
  9. Dan Gets a Minivan
  10. My Cup Holders Runneth Over
  11. Every Dog Has His Day (in Court)
  12. On No Longer Giving a Shit
  13. Big Nose On Campus
  14. Nanny in a Haystack
  15. Mommy and Me
  16. Dating Ourselves
  17. Some Friendly Advice to the Aloof Hipster Dad at the Playground
  18. Directions for Enjoying Disneyland
  19. Semi Guitar Hero
  20. The Long Limp Home
  21. Tennis Menace
  22. A New Jersey Pilgrim’s Progress
  23. The Day I Turned into My Father
  24. Suburbed: Scenes from a Summer Vacation
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. The Day I Turned Uncool excerpt