It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine (A Memoir)
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It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine (A Memoir)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 4, 2012

    David Sedaris? Please! This book could have been worse, but at b

    David Sedaris? Please! This book could have been worse, but at best it was shallow and boring. It was the Olive Garden or Applebees of memoirs.

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  • Posted July 14, 2011

    Hilarious, heartwarming, and touching. A real gem!

    I loved this book. Wade Rouse is an amazing writer along the lines of David Sedaris. My highest recommendation!

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  • Posted February 8, 2011

    So, so funny!

    Could not stop laughing (except when I was crying!). The stories are quick, hilarious and touching. Finished this is one weekend - just couldnt stop reading. Wade, can I send you and Gary a crystal punch bowl?

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  • Posted December 11, 2010

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    Hillarious yet very touching memoir of zany family holidays.

    Some politicians believe gays and lesbians don't represent "family values," but we actually bring them to a higher level. Rather than just be content with the family we are born into, we feel the compulsion to customize committed relationships with one another (devoid of legal definition, in most states) that take herculean efforts and countless compromise to maintain. We may embrace our pets as surrogate "children," and have to work harder than our siblings to maintain good relationships with them and our parents who may not fully understand or accept what we are about.

    It is just this craziness that Wade Rouse highlights in his latest memoir, a simultaneously hilarious and poignant remembrance of year-round holidays past and present. Navigating the stormy seas of dealing with individual quirks and compulsions, Wade tells about holiday trips to the homes of his Ozark parents and that of his partner, Gary's, yard sale-obsessed family, Halloween costumes he'll never forget (but would prefer to do so), and a passion for gardening that allowed Gary to bond with Wade's mom in a way he never could. There are amusing stories of parties planned, shopping at "Homo Depot" and why he learned to play the trombone. But there are also heartfelt stories of his relationship with his grandmother, his father's heart attack, and visit to his mother in a nursing facility.

    It is extremely rare for me to go back and read parts of a book a second time, but I did immediately after finishing this one. I simply didn't want it to end! The individual stories - really 35 diverse vignettes set during different holiday times of the year - are so well-written, engaging and entertaining, that you too will want to savor each one like courses of a fulfilling feast. Anyone who had read any of Rouse's previous books knows his dry, un-PC humor, which is at its best yet in this, his fourth book. Don't miss this one! Five bold stars out of five!

    - Bob Lind, Echo Magazine

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