Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood

A sharp, funny, and heartfelt memoir about fatherhood and the ups and downs of raising a family in modern America No one writes about family quite like Drew Magary. The "GQ" correspondent and "Deadspin "columnist s stories about trying to raise a family have attracted millions of readers online. And now he s finally bringing that unique voice to a memoir. In "Someone Could Get Hurt," he reflects on his own parenting experiences to explore the anxiety, rationalizations, compromises, and overpowering love that come with raising children in contemporary America. In brutally honest and funny stories, Magary reveals how American mothers and fathers cope with being in over their heads (getting drunk while trick-or-treating, watching helplessly as a child defiantly pees in a hotel pool, engaging in role-play with a princess-crazed daughter), and how stepping back can sometimes make all the difference (talking a toddler down from the third story of a netted-in playhouse, allowing children to make little mistakes in the kitchen to keep them from making the bigger ones in life). It s a celebration of all the surprises joyful and otherwise that come with being part of a real family. In the wake of recent bestsellers that expose how every other culture raises their children better, "Someone Could Get Hurt"offers a hilarious and heartfelt defense of American child rearing with a glimpse into the genuine love and compassion that accompany the missteps and flawed logic. It s the story of head lice, almost-dirty words, and flat head syndrome, and a man trying to commit the ultimate act of selflessness in a selfish world."

About the Author :
Drew Magary is a correspondent for "GQ" and a columnist for "Deadspin "and "Gawker." He s also the author of the critically acclaimed novel "The Postmortal "and "Men with Balls." He lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids."

Review :
It s an honest and hilarious portrayal of how aggravating it can be to raise a family. Justin Halpern, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Sh*t My Dad Says" The world needs Drew Magary s wonderfully funny, breathtakingly honest book about parenting. Jen Doll, memoirist and senior writer at "The Atlantic Wire" The Father's Day book for dads who hate getting books for Father s Day. Will Leitch, author of "Are We Winning?" and "God Save the Fan" If you are a parent, I challenge you to not simultaneously laugh and sob through this entire book. Rachel Dratch, comedian and author of "Girl Walks into a Bar..."" "It's an honest and hilarious portrayal of how aggravating it can be to raise a family." --Justin Halpern, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Sh*t My Dad Says" "The world needs Drew Magary's wonderfully funny, breathtakingly honest book about parenting." --Jen Doll, memoirist and senior writer at "The Atlantic Wire" "The Father's Day book for dads who hate getting books for Father's Day." --Will Leitch, author of "Are We Winning?" and "God Save the Fan" "If you are a parent, I challenge you to not simultaneously laugh and sob through this entire book." --Rachel Dratch, comedian and author of "Girl Walks into a Bar..." Praise for "Someone Could Get Hurt" "It's an honest and hilarious portrayal of how aggravating it can be to raise a family." --Justin Halpern, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Sh*t My Dad Says" "The world needs Drew Magary's wonderfully funny, breathtakingly honest book about parenting." --Jen Doll, memoirist and senior writer at "The Atlantic Wire" "The Father's Day book for dads who hate getting books for Father's Day." --Will Leitch, author of "Are We Winning?" and "God Save the Fan" "If you are a parent, I challenge you to not simultaneously laugh and sob through this entire book." --Rachel Dratch, comedian and author of "Girl Walks into a Bar..." Praise for "Someone Could Get Hurt" "Laugh-out-loud funny . . . An outspoken dad's brassy, wise and painfully honest view from the top of the family tree." --"Kirkus Reviews " "There are a lot of memoirs that are filled with sweet, syrupy, stories and annoying life lessons. This is not one of them. It's an honest and hilarious potrayal of how aggravating it can be to raise a family. Even my dad would read this, and he generally thinks the name Drew is reserved for inbreds." --Justin Halpern, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Sh*t My Dad Says" Drew Magary's book shows better than anything else I've read--with humor and sadness and fear and style--what it's like to be a parent. He reveals the honest terror of it. But the beauty too, and the dragginess, and joy, and all the rest. If you're a parent, read it. If you want to be a parent--or know someone who does, or already is--read it. So, yeah. Just read it. --Darin Strauss, NBCC award-winning author of "Chang & Eng" and "Half a Life" "The world needs Drew Magary's wonderfully funny, breathtakingly honest book about parenting, which reveals what few have the nerve to come right out and say: It's never going to be perfect--but there's no shortage of hilarity amid the heartaches. Parents will feel a little less alone in the company of these chapters, and non-parents will get a moving, utterly entertaining glimpse into a world that might be theirs someday. Reading this book was like being held and rocked through the joys and pains of life all night long, with no spit-up involved." --Jen Doll, memoirist and senior writer at "The Atlantic Wire" "Absolutely wonderful. Drew Magary has written an honest and funny and moving account of his journey into parenthood. He has an eye not only for the absurdities of the human condition but also for its deeper meanings." --David Grann, author of "The Lost City of Z" and "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" "T