Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years

A comic and heartwarming memoir about the bittersweet joy of raising children, and the ever-evolving landscape of issues parents traverse, from Real Simple journalist Catherine Newman.

Much is written about a child's infancy and toddler years, which is good since children will never remember it themselves. It is ages 4-14 that make up the second act, as Catherine Newman puts it in this delightfully candid, outlandishly funny new memoir about the years that "your children will remember as ch...