Benchwarmer: A Sports-Obsessed Memoir of Fatherhood

by Josh Wilker

Book Overview

A moving, funny, inventive parenting memoir, written in a surprising form: an encyclopedia of failure in sports

What can a new father learn about parenthood from reading sports almanacs? For most dads, the answer to this question is: nothing. But to Josh Wilker, whose life and writing have been defined by sports fandom, all of the joy, helplessness, and absurdity of parenthood are present between the lines.

After all, what better...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610394011
• ISBN13: 9781610394017
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"