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Hear Me Roar: The Story of a Stay-At-Home Dad
Author(s): Ben Robertson (Author)
- Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0702238864
- ISBN-13: 9780702238864
Book Description
Written with an engaging mix of humor and brutal honesty, this memoir covers Ben Robertson’s transition from a successful journalist to a stay-at-home dad raising two sons during a five-year period. In his new role, Ben is pushed to the depths of tiredness, frustration, and despair: moments shared equally with the heights of great joy and energy. Offering a unique understanding of the price many parents pay when they stay at home to look after the children, this account also provides insight into the deeper emotional territory of the effects of children on relationships and the changing role of men in families. As it explores sporadic feelings of loneliness and confusion, this heartwarming story tackles child-rearing issues from a man’s perspective, warts and all.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Robertson delivers a brilliant chronicle of his experiences . . . with candor, honesty, and wit. . . . His tale is so much more than a cliché of domesticity.” —Sunday Mail
About the Author
Ben Robertson is a former journalist with the Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail and a former reporter for WIN television. He is a former freelance journalist and subeditor for IPC Magazines in London and Brisbane News magazine, for which he wrote an architecture column and travel features.
