{"product_id":"the-bastard-on-the-couch-27-men-try-really-hard-to-explain-their-feelings-about-love-loss-fatherhood-and-freedom-paperback","title":"The Bastard on the Couch: 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings about Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe husband of \u003cem\u003eThe Bitch in the House\u003c\/em\u003e responds with a collection of original essays in which male writers describe what men desire, need, love, and loathe in their relationships and in the world today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cathi Hanauer's bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e spurred a national conversation about the level of friction in contemporary marriages and relationships. Now her husband, Daniel Jones, has rallied the men for the \"literary equivalent of The Full Monty,\" in which twenty-seven thoughtful, passionate and often hilarious men, lay it bare when it comes to their wives and girlfriends, their hopes, and fears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Enough with pop psychiatrists telling us why men lie, cheat, and want nothing more than to laze around the house in front of the TV. Enough with women wondering aloud-at increasing volume-why the men in their lives behave the way they do. The time has come for men to speak for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Many of the husbands and fathers in these pages contemplate aspects of their personal lives they've never before revealed in print-they kick open the door on their marriages and sex lives, their fathering and domestic conflicts, their most intimate relationships and situations. Yet unlike the average meat-and-potatoes father who still rules the roost, these men are grappling with new ideas of manhood -- some they are going after and grabbing, and others that are being thrust upon them by a changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Powerful, heartfelt and irreverent, \u003cem\u003eThe Bastard on the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold, unprecedented glimpse into the dark corners and glaring truths of modern relationships that is guaranteed to amuse, entertain, enrich, and provoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915234505020,"sku":"9780060565350","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/b0ZieHRGd2ZoeWM5QmVIRU5UYnlrQT09.webp?v=1774361032","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/the-bastard-on-the-couch-27-men-try-really-hard-to-explain-their-feelings-about-love-loss-fatherhood-and-freedom-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}