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Parenting Hell by Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

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Parenting Hell

Publisher
Blink Publishing
Publish Date
13 October 2022
Run Time
8 hours 25 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Rating
4.0 (4 reviews)

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What to expect

THE MADNESS, ABSURDITY, AND UTTER CHAOS OF BEING A PARENT FROM THE HOSTS OF THE NO.1 SMASH HIT PODCAST.

Read, improvised and embellished by Rob and Josh, with special guest appearances by their wives Rose and Lou, podcast producer Michael and Rob's parents Sue and Dave.

What's it really like to be a parent? And how come no one ever warned Rob or Josh of the sheer mind-bending, world-altering, sleep-depriving, sick-covering, tear-inducing, snot-wiping, bore-inspiring, 4am-relationship-straining brutality of it all? And if they did, why can't they remember it (or remember anything else, for that matter)?

And just when they thought it couldn't get any harder, why didn't anyone warn them about the slices of unmatched euphoric joy and pride that occasionally come piercing through, drenching you in unbridled happiness in much the same way a badly burped baby drenches you in milk-sick?

Join Josh and Rob as they share the challenges and madness of their parenting journeys with lashings of empathy and extra helpings of laughs. Filled with all the things they never tell you at antenatal classes, Parenting Hell is a beguiling mixture of humour, rumination and conversation for prospective parents, new parents, old parents and never-to-be parents alike.

PRAISE FOR THE PARENTING HELL PODCAST:

'Fast, fun and, at times, genuinely touching' - Guardian

'An hilarious cry for help from two dads overwhelmed by their own young families' - NME

'Listen to Parenting Hell for the belly laughs' - Women's Health Mag

User Reviews

Book 4.0

Narration 4.8

  • 5.0 5.0

    I didn’t want this book to ever end!! In fact I even teared up a little as both Rob and Josh read out their thank yous to end the book!!!
    I now want to listen to every podcast they have ever done!!!

    jenniemay 2023-06-21
  • 2.0 4.0

    Was more like a podcast than a book. It was funny but not what I was looking for from a book

    Milky 2023-03-09
  • 5.0 5.0

    Amazing - wondered how
    The podcast would transfer to
    A book, but they’ve absolutely smashed it.

    Jimmy 2022-10-31

Details

Author
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Narrator
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Duration
8 hours 25 minutes
Release Date
13 October 2022
ISBN
9781788707497
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blink Publishing
Genre
Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues, Humour, Memoirs, Gift and novelty books / items
Rating
4.0(4 reviews)
Narration
4.8(4 reviews)

Synopsis

THE MADNESS, ABSURDITY, AND UTTER CHAOS OF BEING A PARENT FROM THE HOSTS OF THE NO.1 SMASH HIT PODCAST.Read, improvised and embellished by Rob and Josh, with special guest appearances by their wives Rose and Lou, podcast producer Michael and Rob's parents Sue and Dave. What's it really like to be a parent? And how come no one ever warned Rob or Josh of the sheer mind-bending, world-altering, sleep-depriving, sick-covering, tear-inducing, snot-wiping, bore-inspiring, 4am-relationship-straining brutality of it all? And if they did, why can't they remember it (or remember anything else, for that matter)?And just when they thought it couldn't get any harder, why didn't anyone warn them about the slices of unmatched euphoric joy and pride that occasionally come piercing through, drenching you in unbridled happiness in much the same way a badly burped baby drenches you in milk-sick?Join Josh and Rob as they share the challenges and madness of their parenting journeys with lashings of empathy and extra helpings of laughs. Filled with all the things they never tell you at antenatal classes, Parenting Hell is a beguiling mixture of humour, rumination and conversation for prospective parents, new parents, old parents and never-to-be parents alike.PRAISE FOR THE PARENTING HELL PODCAST: 'Fast, fun and, at times, genuinely touching' - Guardian'An hilarious cry for help from two dads overwhelmed by their own young families' - NME'Listen to Parenting Hell for the belly laughs' - Women's Health Mag

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