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Go the Fuck to Sleep
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NEVER MIND THE VERY CATCHY TITLE...and disregard that it is only 32 pages long and designed to emulate those children’s books we parents read ad nauseum to our kids�THIS IS AN ANTHEM TO PARENTS EVERYWHERE, an honest celebration of that all too familiar experience that we have all been through…and I laughed my mental-cursing, temper-losing, patience-exhausted, anger-rising, sleep-deprived ass off the entire time I was reading it.
In addition to being Hangover funny, it is also surprisingly comforting to all of us who have been through this. Every single word of every page screamed “We’ve been there too� and “You’re not alone.� It lets us know that every time we find ourselves alone at night with our too awake, sugar addicted, energizer bunny of a child, that we are part of a great parental circle of life that understands what were going through. It reminds us that millions of others are suffering the same injustice we are at the hands of that lying, evil monster that just an hour ago…AN HOUR AGO…pinky promised us they would go to sleep with no fuss if we would only let them have ice cream after dinner. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, call me a parent because we never learn.
The most brilliant part of this book is that the authors didn’t exaggerate in order to try and sneak in a few extra chuckles, and they didn’t insert any excess crudity to increase the potential shock value. They just allowed the book to mirror the real life experience of every parents and what shines through is the kind of TRUTH that we laugh hardest at because it is just so universal.
Even when the truth is something that we hate to admit, we will still smile when confronted with it because we just know...we just know it's true!!
I will end by saying that this book has ascended to the top spot as our new #1 gift to new parents and I think it will take something pretty special to knock out this champ. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!!
In addition to being Hangover funny, it is also surprisingly comforting to all of us who have been through this. Every single word of every page screamed “We’ve been there too� and “You’re not alone.� It lets us know that every time we find ourselves alone at night with our too awake, sugar addicted, energizer bunny of a child, that we are part of a great parental circle of life that understands what were going through. It reminds us that millions of others are suffering the same injustice we are at the hands of that lying, evil monster that just an hour ago…AN HOUR AGO…pinky promised us they would go to sleep with no fuss if we would only let them have ice cream after dinner. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, call me a parent because we never learn.
The most brilliant part of this book is that the authors didn’t exaggerate in order to try and sneak in a few extra chuckles, and they didn’t insert any excess crudity to increase the potential shock value. They just allowed the book to mirror the real life experience of every parents and what shines through is the kind of TRUTH that we laugh hardest at because it is just so universal.
Even when the truth is something that we hate to admit, we will still smile when confronted with it because we just know...we just know it's true!!
I will end by saying that this book has ascended to the top spot as our new #1 gift to new parents and I think it will take something pretty special to knock out this champ. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!!
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It definitely has the potential to reach "classic" status in time.



We've all been there...many times.


Thanks for the info! I just ordered this but I can't pass up hearing it now if possible! :)
When I was teaching a little girl got in serious trouble for using this word and had to go to the principle's office often! I don't know if schools have changed but the teachers used to talk about kids who had bad language and they got on a "list". This may not be true in CA but was true in Texas. I wouldn't want my son to slip up due to the fact I had read him a book like this. Just a thought.
Hubby just told me that people are NOT actually reading it to their kids but its just to give them a laugh? was glad to hear that.

Alice...DEFINITELY not a book to read to children, but a terrific book for parents.




I think you'll love it. The illustrations are perfect.

Thank for the heads up, Cortney. I will have to pick it up.
This one was hilarious.