Househusband - Ad Hudler
by Zia ~ August 27th, 2005. Filed under: Books.
I fantasize about having a househusband. Well, except for the fact that I’d have to share the house during the day. That could be a drawback. But someone to do all the cooking and cleaning and greet me at the end of the day wearing an apron with drink in hand? Count me in, I am so there. So you can imagine that this title screamed my name.
Lincoln and Jo move to Rochester, New York to pursue her career. He leaves a thriving landscaping business in L.A., and ends up taking care of the kid (that’s the part I could personally live without) and the house. He’s not happy. He has crises. He feels emasculated. (I could live without that too.) And when he finally gets a job, he decides that when push comes to shove, all he really wants to do is take care of his family. Househusband was not a great book; it was, at times, awkwardly written and Linc often comes across as extremely pedantic, which I don’t think the author intended. However, it was entertaining with some decidedly comic moments. And it also talked about that pesky little thing those of us who do most of the housework can all relate to: having the stupid things we do around the house go completely unnoticed.