Fraternal Youth

Fraternal Youth

Darby Jones

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Editorial:
Fjords Books
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
Memorias
ISBN:
9798993976402
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Doom’s overdone, so Darby shares hope and hard laughs.Fraternal Youth is an experimental memoir with QR codes to videos and cultural artifacts such as:- their dog fetching beer from the fridge (a COVID project)- gladiator funboard challenges- family performances- mom pranks- gag reelsFraternal Youth Cocktail:5 parts fatherhood fails + the absurdity of life4 parts goofy boy-girl twins + their crazy pets3 parts adventure (Bonnaroo, Greece, hitchhiking)2 parts peaceful parenting + simple discipline systems1 part Headlines of Hope: a six-year hunt for tech, medical and energy breakthroughs + my comical spinPraise for Fraternal Youth⭐ 'Mix Jim Gaffigan, Erma Bombeck and Pee Wee Herman into a Darby Smoothie. Add a dash of nonsense that makes perfect sense and you’ve got a compilation that spans from raising kids to raising hell. I’m an avid fan.'- Wendy Parker, satirist for Overdrive Magazine⭐ 'Darby stunned me with this book. It’s happy, funny, sad and weird - all the things that make up a life well lived, and he tells it with such beauty and momentum. So many chapters swept me away.'- Ginger Cook, Substack HumoristEarly ExcerptsI changed my first diaper on August 27, 2007. It smelled like fermented mothballs with a touch of failed dreams. I don’t know where those subtle notes came from, but they were good reminders to use birth control.2 years, 8 months oldKids got in trouble at the store. Finn dropped a can of tinned pork on Melina’s middle toe. The SPAM survived, but Momma no longer has a piggy that eats roast beef. The toe’s still there, but it’s a scarred vegetarian now.3 years, 8 months'Finn, didn’t you say you’d drink your juice after dinner?''I didn’t hear me say that.'4 years, 10 months'Shhhh! I heard a sound make a noise.' - Fiona5 years, 11 months'Every time you go into war, you should go potty first.' - Finn

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