Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhoods Messy Years Audiobook (Free)

A comic and heartwarming memoir on the subject of childhood’s second act from True Simple journalist Catherine Newman.

Much is written about a child’s infancy and toddler years, which is normally good since children won’t remember it themselves. It really is ages 4-14 that define the second work, as Catherine Newman places it in this delightfully candid, outlandishly funny new memoir about the years that ‘your kids will keep in mind as childhood.’ Following Newman’s child and daughter because they blossom from preschoolers into teenagers, CATASTROPHIC HAPPINESS is about the bittersweet joy of increasing children–and the ever-evolving surroundings of issues parents traverse. In fun out-loud, heart-wrenching, relatable voice, Newman narrates events as momentous as grief and as quietly moving as the moonlit encounter of the sleeping kid. From tantrums and a friendly relationship to fear as well as sex, Newman’s clean take will appeal to any mother or father traveling this same roller coaster of laughter and heartbreak.