{"product_id":"9781770461178","title":"A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Guy Delisle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeditations on fatherhood from the author of \u003ci\u003eJerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eA User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e, the trademark dry humor that pervades Guy Delisle's landmark and praised graphic travelogues takes center stage. Quick, light vignettes play on the worries and cares any young parent might have, and offer wry solutions to the petty frustrations of being a dad who works from home. \u003cbr\u003e     Readers familiar with Delisle's stranger-in-a-strange-land technique for storytelling (employed in \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePyongyang\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBurma\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShenzhen\u003c\/i\u003e) will recognize the titular parent in this book; Delisle's travelogues were simultaneously portraits of complex places and times, and portraits of a stay-at-home dad's ever-changing relationship with his children while his wife is out working for Doctors Without Borders. The relationship between young child and all-too-irony-aware parent is beautifully done here, and Delisle's loose flowing style has been set free, creating a wonderful sense of motion throughout. \u003ci\u003eA User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting \u003c\/i\u003eis an intimate, offbeat look at the joys of parenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and truthful book about being a parent.” —\u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You don't have to be a parent to enjoy Guy Delisle's whimsical graphic novel.” —\u003ci\u003eNOW Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA User's Guide...\u003c\/i\u003eshares with [Delisle's] previous work a keen appreciation for the clash of cultures; this time, however, the cultures in question are those of adults and children, and the damage that ensues is played for a rueful laugh.” —\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770461178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592859857102,"sku":"9781770461178","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_514c9521-9928-495b-b93a-ce5c8f24c173.jpg?v=1637775991","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770461178","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}