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  • Superdad: A Memoir of Rebellion, Drugs and Fatherhood
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  • "Turns the urban dad story on its head—and then rights it again. Beneath Shulgan's outwardly loving life with his young family in a hip part of Toronto lurked a darkness; Shulgan was a hard drinker—and something of a crackhead. In an unsparing, but also comic, account of his ventures into the deep woods off the parental path, he explores his own notions of fatherhood. And challenges ours."--The Globe and Mail

    "Infuriating, moving, and terrifying, Superdad is a journey into the dark heart of self-destructive hypermasculinty and out the other side into a kind of uneasy truce between the idea of 'father' and 'real man.' As a writer, I found myself awed by Shulgan's tale-teller's facility; as a dad, I found myself wanting to smack him until he stopped destroying his family and his life. Superdad is a brave memoir that humanizes the self-immolating urge of the crack addict." --Cory Doctorow, author of For The Win and co-editor of Boing Boing

    “Christopher Shulgan pulls off a cool sort of alchemy; Superdad is an illuminating book about delusion, a wise book about idiocy, a kind-hearted book about acting like a jerk. And then on top of all that, the man makes writing look easy.” -- Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, author of Down to This and Ghosted

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Update to Book List

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I have grown a little spotty about listing here the books I'm reading. For example, I'm reading my life's first parenting book, pictured above, which I'll review later on. For now, here's a list of what I've ploughed through since I made a point of reviewing here every book I've read.

23 (of 2010). View from the Summit by Edmund Hillary (research for a ghostwriting project)
24. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (Enjoyed this)
25. Death and Life on Mt. Everest by Sherry B. Ortner (research)
26. Lost Horizon by James Hilton (research)
27. Modern Medicine and International Aid: Khunde Hospital, Nepal, 1966-1998 by Susan Heydon
28. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace... One School At A Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (research, but really enjoyed this book)
29. The Ask: A Novel by Sam Lipsyte (for fun, and really enjoyed it)
30. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (great book)
31. Freedom by Jonathon Franzen (had problems with it)
32. The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele (great book by a good friend)
33. Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci (wow, enjoyed this)
34. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (straight-up ghost story, super creepy)
35. Shella by Andrew Vachss (well-written pulp fiction, Auster-like in spareseness)
36. Growing Up Jung by Micah Toub (great book by a good friend)

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Sam

Re your search for dolls - try sewfunky, made in Canada. They take 6 weeks to make but are also handmade. Seem way more accessible than the other ones you were pursuing - my friend just ordered two, with no hassles. http://www.sewfunky.ca/sewfunky-handmade-waldorf-dolls/

Good luck!

Posted by: Sam | December 23, 2010 at 02:58 PM

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