Based on his widely read columns for The New Yorker, Ian Frazierâs uproarious first novel, The Cursing Mommyâs Book of Days, centers on a profoundly memorable character, sprung from an impressively fertile imagination. Structured as a daybook of sorts, the book follows the Cursing Mommyâbeleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and eightâas she tries (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass. Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Dillerâs and Sylvia Plathâs: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life.
Frazier has demonstrated an astonishing ability to operate with ease in a variety of registers: from On the Rez, an investigation into the lives of modern day Oglala Sioux written with a mix of humor, compassion, and imagination, to Dating Your Mom, a sidesplitting collection of humorous essays that imagines, among other things, how and why you might begin a romance with your mother. Here, Frazier tackles another genre with his usual grace and aplomb, as well as an extra helping of his trademark wicked wit. The Cursing Mommyâs failures and weaknesses are our ownâand Frazier gives them a loving, satirical spin that is uniquely his own.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Family Life
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Author : Frazier, Ian
Language : English
Edition : 2nd prt.
Published :2012-10-02
Number Of Pages : 256
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0374133182
ISBN-13 : 9780374133184
Item weight : 0.85 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 5.9 in x 8.3 in
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