Shit My Dad Says Book

Justin grew up the youngest son of a nuclear physicist father and law student mother. This is a collection of anecdotes and sayings Justins colourful father said to him during his childhood. A belly hugging, shoulder shrugging, good all round feel good story, that won't win any literary prizes, but will help you switch off from your cares and see the funny side of human nature. I gave this to my father in law, because he doesn't read much and thought it might appeal. If I had known how much swearing was in it I would have thought twice, especially as he read it and then passed it on to my Catholic mother in law. However she handed it back, said they thought it was brilliant and suggested I read it. The interesting thing is initial impressions suggest Justin's dad is a bit of a thuggish bully. However it is gradually apparent that he is a perceptive, sharp, witty and sensitive person, who wants to do the right thing and raise likeable kids. Okay, he swears quite a lot - in fact all the time, and he gets mad often too; but then if you were giving a lecture to 200 Doctors and your wife had insisted you take your 10 year old son with you because she was working on her dissertation, and your son spent two hours crawling under the empty seats playing some form of real life battleships, wouldn't you simmer over - just a bit? This anecdote formed part of just one of the funny statements from this stressed out father which brought tears of laughter to my eyes, 'I just asked that you sit still for two hours while I lecture on thyroid cancer'. This book is not high brow - but it is honest, real and very funny! Read More