Man of the House
For more than a decade, Linc Menner has raised the status of househusband to an art form. . . . While his wife, Jo, brings home the bacon, Linc Menner holds down the fortahis gourmet cooking is sublime, his cleaning unrivaled, and his devotion to his daughter, Violet, unparalleled. But when the Menners relocate from upstate New York to the steamy beaches of Naples, Florida, life takes an unexpected turn. As the Menners renovate their new home Lincas bliss turns into a war zone of contractors, dry wall dust, and chaos. And suddenly being surrounded by guys whose faces go blank as he expounds on the virtues of lump-free gravy makes Linc realize he has forgotten what it feels like to be a man. So Linc trades his flip-flops for work boots, and his wild mop of hair for a barbershop buzz, and marches his flabby physique to the nearest gymaattracting the secret devotion of one of Violetas teacher in the process. And his stunned family watches helplessly as they lose the man who keeps them all together. To make matters worse, itas hurricane season and thereas a category 5 heading right for Naples. As life on the home front explodes into hilarity and catastrophe, Linc must chart his own delightfully crooked course to finally become the Man of the House. Praise for Ad Hudleras Househusband aWith self-deprecating humor and adroit expression, Hudler delves deep into the American psyche of gender roles. . . . The dialogue rings with authenticity.a aThe State (Columbia, S.C.) aWinning . . . [a] breezy comic outing.a aThe New York Times From the Trade Paperback edition.Asl\/lennefi. a#39;agt;3? Entrance-exam essay for Collier Academy ... ]en, for example, really likes anything with Hello Kitty on it, so of course this was a theme in her collage. A few weeks ... Anyway, when we moved to New York so my mom could have her dream job of being a hospital CEO, Dad decided to stay at home with me.
| Title | : | Man of the House |
| Author | : | Ad Hudler |
| Publisher | : | Ballantine Books - 2008-09-30 |
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