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  • You Can Date Boys When You're Forty

  • Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About
  • Written by: Dave Barry
  • Narrated by: Dave Barry
  • Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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You Can Date Boys When You're Forty

Written by: Dave Barry
Narrated by: Dave Barry
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Publisher's Summary

A brilliantly funny exploration of the twin mysteries of parenthood and families from the Pulitzer Prize winner and The New York Times best-selling author of Insane City.

In uproarious, brand-new pieces, Barry tackles everything from family trips, bat mitzvah parties and dating (he’s serious about that title: “When my daughter can legally commence dating - February 24, 2040 - I intend to monitor her closely, even if I am deceased”) to funeral instructions (“I would like my eulogy to be given by William Shatner”), the differences between male and female friendships, the deeper meaning of Fifty Shades of Grey, and a father’s ultimate sacrifice: accompanying his daughter to a Justin Bieber concert (“It turns out that the noise teenaged girls make to express happiness is the same noise they would make if their feet were being gnawed off by badgers.")

Let’s face it: families not only enrich our lives every day, they drive us completely around the bend. Thank goodness we have Dave Barry as our guide!

©2014 Penguin Audio (P)2014 Anne Bishop

What the critics say

"[W]ith Barry as the narrator of his own work, the essays take on the quality of a stand-up comedy monologue with impeccable comedic pauses." ( AudioFile)

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