Running with Scissors
A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.
2,036-word summary · 9 min read
family + humor
6 books tagged both “family” and “humor”.
A Light in the Attic
Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions.
2,998-word summary · 13 min read
Marley & Me
A young couple learns marriage, parenthood, and goodbye through thirteen years with Marley, their wild and loving Labrador.
2,167-word summary · 10 min read
The Kiss Quotient
Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in.
2,716-word summary · 12 min read
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sedaris on French classes, family chaos, and learning to speak badly in two languages.
2,111-word summary · 9 min read
Matilda
Brilliant Matilda Wormwood teaches herself to read, faces her crooked parents and the fearsome Miss Trunchbull, and finds Miss Honey.
2,296-word summary · 10 min read