Mrs.B. Reads....... Go the Fuck To Sleep by Adam Mansbach

The minute I heard the name of this book, I knew I had to get my hands on a copy!  What parent, exhausted and bordering on insanity, has not just prayed their kid would just go the (insert whatever word you used) to sleep?  I'm not even going to lie and say that I didn't!

Written in rhyme and with gorgeous illustrations by Ricardo Cortés,  Go The Fuck to Sleep is a parody not meant to be read to your children, but instead is meant to bring laughter to parents who are on their last nerve at yet another request for a glass of water, another story (making it the 375th book read that night), or another trip to the potty.  As a parent of teens and a tween, I'm well past those days, by rolled in laughter at the memories this hilarious book brought back!  I've shared it with several friends who literally laughed out loud at the little gem of a book.

This book isn't due out to the general public until June 14, but it's spent the last 37 days in the Top 100 Bestsellers on amazon.com - some of that time in the #1 spot.  More than 100,000 copies have been pre-ordered.   It's not even out yet, and the film rights have already been sold - pretty nifty stuff for both the author and for Akashic Books, an indie publisher based in Brooklyn, NY.

So what's all the fuss about?  Adam Mansbach, author of several books including the best-selling Angry Black White Boy and winner of several writing awards wrote this book in honor of his struggles getting his adorable daughter, Vivien to sleep.  Apparently Adam knows what most parents eventually learn: you have to have a sense of humor, or you'll end up bald and drooling in the fetal position.   The simple and profane rhymes chronicle a parent's frustration of not only getting your child to sleep, but also trying to sneak out of the room without waking your child up, and that darn microwave beep that never, ever seemed so loud during the day.

And with dreamy illustrations, it's the perfect pee-your-pants laughing  adult bed time story!

"The tiger relines in the simmering jungle.  The sparrow has silenced her cheep.
Fuck your stuffed bear, I'm not getting you shit.  Close your eyes.  Cut the crap. Sleep"

Perfect for any parent of young children, older children or those considering parenthood (I'll certainly be passing this out at every baby shower I'm ever invited to for the rest of my life - they'll thank me one day).   Not only will the book tickle their funny bone, but it will let them know that they are human, that others feel this way, and they are not alone in their frustrations of bedtime routines.

Thank you, Adam Mansbach, for saying what all of us parents have been thinking for years and were too afraid to say!

Disclaimer: I was given a free advanced copy of this book by the publisher for review.  I was not paid for a positive review, the book just deserved one.

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