For more than a decade, Linc Menner has raised the status of househusband to an art form. . . .
While his wife, Jo, brings home the bacon, ... read full description
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Jul 18, 2010
Kay
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Pulpwood Queens, you are in for a grand evening with Ad Hudler to talk about books and all things literary and the theme of his latest book Man of the House and gender identification. How many times as I was reading this book did I think, he's nailed it, he really understands and communicates well, what it means to be a stay-at-home caregiver. What I found insightful was the passion he gave the main character, Linc Menner, in his role of man of the house; candlelight dinners, extravagant dinn
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May 19, 2010
Drebbles
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For fourteen years, Linc Menner has been content to be a stay at home husband while his wife Jo works in an executive position at a hospital. He's been perfectly happy cooking, cleaning, running errands, and shopping with daughter Violet. But things change when Jo gets a promotion and the family moves to Naples, Florida. They buy a house that is a fixer-upper and the renovations throw the family into turmoil. Violet is thirteen and growing up fast, Linc is helping fix up the house and questionin
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Jun 05, 2011
Kristie
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Ad Hudler's follow-up to "Househusband" revisits the Menner family as the dad, Linc, is struggling with another relocation as well as his identity. At the same time, his daughter Violet is navigating puberty, and his wife has taken on more responsibility as the head of a chain of hospitals. All of this is a recipe for an exploration of gender roles and identity... something Hudler does very well. Chapter perspectives alternate between Linc, his wife Jo, their daughter Violet, and
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Dec 05, 2008
Jaspreet
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Even though I should be packing for my flight tomorrow, I wanted to take the time to write my review of Man of the House by Ad Hudler. Here is a summary of the book from the author's website:
We find Linc Menner thriving as a stay-at-home dad. His gourmet cooking is sublime, his cleaning unrivaled, and his devotion to his daughter, Violet, unparalleled. But when the Menners relocate from upstate New York to the steamy beaches of Naples, Florida, life takes an unexpected turn. As th More...
We find Linc Menner thriving as a stay-at-home dad. His gourmet cooking is sublime, his cleaning unrivaled, and his devotion to his daughter, Violet, unparalleled. But when the Menners relocate from upstate New York to the steamy beaches of Naples, Florida, life takes an unexpected turn. As th More...
Jul 06, 2010
Ashley
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Different perspective here, but I really liked it. Apparently this book is a sequel, but I didn't know that and didn't need to have read the first book to enjoy this one. This is about a short period of crisis in a family brought on by moving, renovating, hurricanes, puberty, and all the related changings of the status quo. The husband, who has always been the caregiver of the family as a stay-at-home dad, goes through a personal re-evaluation of his masculinity and is unhappy with his state of
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Sep 17, 2009
Megan
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In thirty or fewer:
Lincoln, an erstwhile landscape architect, grapples with the female/male and nurturer/breadwinner roles when gets a taste of motherhood and housework following his high-powered COO wife's move to a new job.
Reasons to read it:
-The concept is at least a somewhat original move from the typical life-of-a-housewife novels.
-It does a surprisingly deep job of tackling the gender roles and accompanying sense of self inherent in caregiving, and looking a More...
Lincoln, an erstwhile landscape architect, grapples with the female/male and nurturer/breadwinner roles when gets a taste of motherhood and housework following his high-powered COO wife's move to a new job.
Reasons to read it:
-The concept is at least a somewhat original move from the typical life-of-a-housewife novels.
-It does a surprisingly deep job of tackling the gender roles and accompanying sense of self inherent in caregiving, and looking a More...
Nov 10, 2008
Dana
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Linc Menner is the stay-at-home parent of Violet Menner, now 13. The Menners have recently moved to Naples, Florida to accommodate Jo Menner's job as a top executive in several area hospitals. Instead of settling for a condo they have bought a house which requires lots of renovations. The renovations are going extremely slowly as sub-contractors or supplies do not show up.
Linc has been the perfect housekeeper. His meals are nutritious and supplies never run out. Violet is well tended More...
Linc has been the perfect housekeeper. His meals are nutritious and supplies never run out. Violet is well tended More...
May 29, 2009
Mia
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I didn't realize this was a sequel when I picked it up and I didn't read the first book so maybe I just wasn't as endeared to Linc as I should have been, but I found him very whiny and annoying. The book started off good, but then it just got bogged down in his mid-life crisis and I really wasn't interested.
May 17, 2009
Kelly
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The continuation of the Menner family following the Ad Hudler's earlier book Houseband.
I have to say I didn't like Lincoln Menner that much in this book. I grew to love him in Houseband and then in this book it was a complete 180. He was not so lovable to put it lightly. Eventually Linc comes around and once again Hudler's writing made me turn the pages faster than before. An interesting perspective and would certainly get book clubs talking about role reversals an the husband st More...
I have to say I didn't like Lincoln Menner that much in this book. I grew to love him in Houseband and then in this book it was a complete 180. He was not so lovable to put it lightly. Eventually Linc comes around and once again Hudler's writing made me turn the pages faster than before. An interesting perspective and would certainly get book clubs talking about role reversals an the husband st More...
Sep 23, 2011
Pygmy
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The back blurb was a lot more fun to read than the actual execution. Got tired of the author's portrayal of a manly man and the main character's long windedness, then got too tired to want to finish it.
Sep 01, 2009
Jennie
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I really enjoyed the characters, especially since I'm married to a domestic male. The wife's POV gave me some comfort and I really loved how you got the POV from four different characters, definately made it an easy read. I was a little dispointed with the ending though, I didn't feel any closure. I will read more by this author.
Jun 25, 2009
Karan
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I liked this one better than Southern Living although it took me a while to like the characters.
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