{"product_id":"darby-jones-fraternal-youth-9798993976402","title":"Fraternal Youth","description":"Doom's overdone, so Darby shares hope and hard laughs.Fraternal Youth is an experimental memoir with QR codes to videos and cultural artifacts such as:- their dog fetching beer from the fridge (a COVID project)- gladiator funboard challenges- family performances- mom pranks- gag reelsFraternal Youth Cocktail:5 parts fatherhood fails + the absurdity of life4 parts goofy boy-girl twins + their crazy pets3 parts adventure (Bonnaroo, Greece, hitchhiking)2 parts peaceful parenting + simple discipline systems1 part Headlines of Hope: a six-year hunt for tech, medical and energy breakthroughs + my comical spin\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise for Fraternal Youth¿ \"Mix Jim Gaffigan, Erma Bombeck and Pee Wee Herman into a Darby Smoothie. Add a dash of nonsense that makes perfect sense and you've got a compilation that spans from raising kids to raising hell. I'm an avid fan.\"- Wendy Parker, satirist for Overdrive Magazine\n\u003cbr\u003e\n¿ \"Darby stunned me with this book. It's happy, funny, sad and weird - all the things that make up a life well lived, and he tells it with such beauty and momentum. So many chapters swept me away.\"- Ginger Cook, Substack Humorist\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEarly ExcerptsI changed my first diaper on August 27, 2007. It smelled like fermented mothballs with a touch of failed dreams. I don't know where those subtle notes came from, but they were good reminders to use birth control.2 years, 8 months oldKids got in trouble at the store. Finn dropped a can of tinned pork on Melina's middle toe. The SPAM survived, but Momma no longer has a piggy that eats roast beef. The toe's still there, but it's a scarred vegetarian now.3 years, 8 months\"Finn, didn't you say you'd drink your juice after dinner?\"\"I didn't hear me say that.\"4 years, 10 months\"Shhhh! I heard a sound make a noise.\" - Fiona5 years, 11 months\"Every time you go into war, you should go potty first.\" - Finn","brand":"Fjords Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53822717788502,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/darby-jones-fraternal-youth-9798993976402","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}