A collection of comedy essays and mini memoirs destined to assure the reader you are the better parent. Put your feet up, put something grown-up in YOUR sippy cup, and put your mind to discovering... What to do about the swearing in Target (yours) -- What to do when you're in the driveway, shirtless -- The proper use of a "Boogie Pipe" -- and How To Swear and Get Away With It A little comedy of parenting errors, all committed in the name of good intentions. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be glad the author's not your mother. But most you'll know for sure, that the cure for overwhelm, is...

Kara is a contemporary single lady with a string of bad romances too odd for even a Lady Gaga lyric. After another failed May-December fling, she muddles through the intrusions of her comically well-meaning family, until she meets Deke White; Sexy, funny, kind, even successful. And he's determined to win her over with a little Christmas charm. It turns out, she simply has to get past one small detail: Deke believes he's a descendant of actual Santa elves. And that's just chestnutty. Soon, the one who's really going nuts is Kara. And not even Deke's therapist can figure it out for her. If her...