The bastard on the couch

27 men try really hard to explain their feelings about love, loss, fatherhood, and freedom

Hardcover, 286 pages

English language

Published 2004 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-06-056534-3
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4 stars (1 review)

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Review of 'Bastard on the Couch' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Wait there are no reviews? This isn't a bad book and it was quoted in Mating In Captivity, by Esther Perel, which is where I got the title from.

This is a collection of short essays from over 25 men, some you may have read other not, about getting or not getting married and having or not having kids and staying or leaving.

Nothing here is too long or nothing you've never heard before, but it's a nice collection.

Jones has done a good job of organizing and getting different view points.

I read a few at a time, it's not straight through read, after each time I felt like moving to a cabin in the woods or at least retreating to a man cave.

Subjects

  • Men -- United States -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
  • Interpersonal relations -- United States -- Case studies.