Lizzie Skurnick, author of Shelf Discovery, takes a jaundiced and very funny look at the “rush of literary fathers gushing about how to raise their perfect children,” in The Book Beast, focusing on,

Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer Retail Price: $25.99 Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company – (2009-11-02) ISBN / EAN: 0316069906 / 9780316069908

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Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son Michael Chabon Retail Price: $25.99 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Harper – (2009-10-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061490180 / 9780061490187

The essay may send you scurrying to read Skurnick’s book, if you haven’t already. You probably won’t find a copy on the shelves, but you can get a good sample of it with Browse Inside.

Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading Lizzie Skurnick Retail Price: $14.99 Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Avon A – (2009-08-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061756350 / 9780061756351 Browse Inside

You can also hear Lizzie in conversation with Nancy Pearl and Virginia Stanley, head of library marketing for HarperCollins, on Library Love Fest.

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