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Old 06-14-2019, 01:37 PM
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Default Author Fredrik Backman reflects on fatherhood in funny, heartfelt new essays

Author Fredrik Backman reflects on fatherhood in funny, heartfelt new essays

06-14-2019 08:39 AM

Fredrik Backman became a dad, had no clue how to handle it and ended up on the floor of a grocery store, defeated by a dozen types of formula looming on the baby food shelf overhead. Those who find the experience familiar will appreciate his analysis of new-parent whiplash:“We actually haven’t got a clue to what we’re really doing — having kids is in many ways like trying to drive a bulldozer through a china shop,” he writes in his new essay collection, “Things My Son Needs to Know about the World.” “With broken legs. Wearing a back-to-front ski mask. While drunk.”


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