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The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days: A Novel
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LENGTH7 hrs and 23 mins
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RELEASE DATE10-02-12
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
Audie Award Nominee, Humor, 2013
Based on his widely read columns for The New Yorker, Ian Frazier’s uproarious first novel, The Cursing Mommy’s Book of Days, centers on a profoundly memorable character, sprung from an impressively fertile imagination. Structured as a daybook of sorts, with the Cursing Mommy - beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and nine - trying (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass.
Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Diller’s and Sylvia Plath’s: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life. From On the Rez, an investigation into the lives of modern-day Oglala Sioux written with an impressive mix of humor, compassion, and imagination, to Dating Your Mom, a side-splitting collection of humorous essays that imagines, among other things, how you might begin a romance with your mother, Frazier has demonstrated an astonishing ability to operate with ease in a variety of registers. Here he tackles yet another genre with his usual grace and aplomb, and an extra helping of his trademark wicked wit. The Cursing Mommy’s failures and weaknesses are our own - and Frazier, at the height of his powers as a writer and observer, gives them a loving, satirical spin that is uniquely his own.
©2012 Ian Frazier (P)2012 Macmillan Audio
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What Members Say
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"love it in print, not sure it works in audio"
Any additional comments?Have read these Ian Frazier pieces for years in the New Yorker and always found them laugh out loud funny, but it may be that this narrative style is really best in print (at least for me). Not sure it's anything do to with C. Nixon (also love her), just might be that the CM is better heard with one's eyes and not ears!
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Would you try another book from Ian Frazier and/or Cynthia Nixon?I wouldn't buy another Ian Frazier book unless at a bargain price. Cynthia Nixon did a great job.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?The situations were unique, but the book was to me a series of side-stories that didn't really come together satisfactorily. This reads like a rough draft instead of a thoughtfully rewritten whole.
Which character – as performed by Cynthia Nixon – was your favorite?The mommy-very sympathetic on a lot of occasions but thoroughly self-absorbed.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?No.
Any additional comments?I bought this book after hearing Mr. Frazier read an excerpt from the book on Jimmy Fallon-that bit was hilarious. But the hate references against the Bush and Reagan administrations were soon overdone and tired. None of the characters were fully believable or relateable.
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"Very Funny, got me cursing!"
What did you like best about The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days? What did you like least?Cynthia Nixon's performance is terrific. She is very funny. CM gets herself into a lot of ridiculous situations with packing tape, wire hangers, etc., and oddly, it is easy to relate.I also liked all of the references to the Bush administration, global warming, school privatization and health insurance. Just out there enough to be funny. It did take me a little while to get into the book, though. I didn't get it at first. Once I figured out the point of view, I kept going.
Would you recommend The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days to your friends? Why or why not?I would definitely recommend Cursing Mommy, because it is funny!
Which character – as performed by Cynthia Nixon – was your favorite?Mommy herself. Cynthia Nixon gives her just the right edge.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?Yes, but I think it would be tough to translate to the screen, as so much of it is interior monologue.
Any additional comments?I found myself quoting lines from the book throughout the day. Like, when I was on hold with the @#$% health insurance company. Oh, and maybe this is self evident, but if you are offended by cursing, you won't like this book.
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