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You Have to F--king Eat

By: Adam Mansbach
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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From the author of the international best seller Go the F--k to Sleep comes a book about the other great parental frustration: getting your little angel to eat something that even vaguely resembles a normal meal. Profane, loving and deeply cathartic, You Have to F--king Eat breaks the code of child-rearing silence, giving new, old, grand- and expectant parents a much-needed chance to laugh about a universal problem.

Please note: This title contains explicit language

©2014 Adam Mansbach (P)2014 Stephen Fry Literature & Fiction Satire Funny Witty
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This is a funny take on getting little kids to eat. It is aimed at grownups and should be very relatable for all parents of smal children.

How to get your lil darlings to eat

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I have always enjoyed the simplicity and genius that is combined in children's literature and rhyme and with this (and Mansbach's other, no less excellent release) there is finally an edition for adults as well. What swayed me to purchase this release was the added joy of Stephen Fry as the narrator. Excellent audio book, very entertaining. I can recommend this to anyone who has a good sense of humour and is not easily offended. Great comedy which I think new and unsuspecting parents may particularly appreciate, however even without having kids and the experiences that go along with them yourself this should still get a chuckle out of you here and there. Highly recommend!

Hilarious and entertaining... And if course Stephen Fry :)

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As title, great short story, one I empathise with having two small fussy eaters myself. Bit of a shame the alternative reading by Samuel L Jackson isn't available in the UK however.

Great short story

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A very short story (under 5 mins) but it did make me chuckle to myself as I reflected back on many a situation with food, a child and the desire that they f**king eat!
Love the narration; Stephen Fry is one of my favourites!
Shame you can’t buy the book series as a bundle for the credit used as feels like a lot for 5mins

Amusing & accurate experiences with food and a child

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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

At less than ten minutes long, it would be difficult not to!

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If you've already experienced Mansbach's hilarious 'Go The F--k To Sleep' then this is really just the same joke transposed to slightly different circumstances. For me, this second book was unresistable, though, as I'm a huge fan of Stephen Fry, and his narration is as delightful as you'd expect.

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