
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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 journeyāfrom 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 callingāand his minivan has GPS.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise
- Description
- About Dan Zevin
- Also by Dan Zevin
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Dan Gets a Minivan
- My Cup Holders Runneth Over
- Every Dog Has His Day (in Court)
- On No Longer Giving a Shit
- Big Nose On Campus
- Nanny in a Haystack
- Mommy and Me
- Dating Ourselves
- Some Friendly Advice to the Aloof Hipster Dad at the Playground
- Directions for Enjoying Disneyland
- Semi Guitar Hero
- The Long Limp Home
- Tennis Menace
- A New Jersey Pilgrimās Progress
- The Day I Turned into My Father
- Suburbed: Scenes from a Summer Vacation
- Acknowledgments
- The Day I Turned Uncool excerpt