Author:Marcus Berkmann
There are lots of books about parenthood. But if you look closely most of them are about motherhood. Fathers get brief paragraphs about needing the odd cuddle themselves and being helpful for carrying the heavier elements of baby kit, but that's it.
Fatherhood - The Truth, on the other hand, is a shed-friendly man's guide to the whole scary, life-changing business. One that looks beyond the happy-clappy cliches into the fiery hell of night feeds and projectile vomiting. 'Shit happens' will suddenly start to make sense as a phrase. Providing crucial information and insight on every aspect of parenting with pitch-perfect humour, it takes the dad-to-be on a white-knuckle ride from conception to the first birthday that also considers the emotional truths and selfish imperatives that fathers are usually asked to bury out of sight. A personally informed journey, Fatherhood - The Truth also touches all the crucial practical bases to make it a one-stop, know-it-all manual for the father-to-be.
I laughed out loud and squirmed with awful recognition. Marcus Berkmann is one of our funniest writers, and he was sent by Heaven - or was it Hell? - to write Fatherhood
—— Craig BrownBerkmann is a very funny writer ... the text is laugh out loud funny
—— Daily ExpressAmbitious and substantial ... Berkmann is highly entertaining ... with an anarchic Monty Pythonesque sense of fun
—— Alain de Botton , Sunday TimesThe laughs come in every paragraph. A masterpiece about sad, neurotic British fathers
—— Sunday TelegraphA man of infinite wisdom and experience when it comes to male parenting in the 21st century ... The daddy of baby guides ... quick-witted ... excellent
—— Mail on SundayI can't think of a better guide than Marcus Berkmann ... well-written, funny and wise
—— Literary ReviewPowerful and well-written
—— Pacific Current MagazineThe saddest story I have ever heard... it touches levels of human agony far beyond the reach of everyday journalism
—— Craig Brown , Mail on SundayThis book brought tears to my eyes several times... but despite the tragedy at the heart of the book, there are flashes of humour
—— Daisy Goodwin , The Sunday TimesDeeply moving
—— Angus McBride , GuardianA searingly honest book
—— Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan , Daily ExpressExtremely honest and candid
—— Lorraine Kelly , Sun(A) testament to the ferocity of maternal love
—— Allison Pearson , Daily Telegraph
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