Fatherhood

Nobody tells you what it is actually going to be like. The books about pregnancy are very thorough. The books about birth are comprehensive. And then the baby arrives and you discover that no book could have prepared you for this — for the love, the fear, the exhaustion, the overwhelming specificity of this particular person, and the growing suspicion that everything you thought you knew about yourself was a description of someone who no longer exists.

Fatherhood is the honest, funny, and genuinely useful book for new fathers that the parenting section has always needed — one that doesn’t pretend fatherhood is easy or that its challenges are all solvable, but that treats the experience with the intelligence and honesty it deserves. Written with warmth and self-deprecating wit, it covers everything from the first days to the first year with the rueful accuracy of someone who has genuinely been through it.

The perfect gift for any new father — or for anyone trying to understand what their partner is going through. Published by DK.