YOU CAN DATE BOYS WHEN YOU'RE FORTY

A brilliantly funny exploration of the twin mysteries of parenthood and families from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author of Insane City.

In his New York Times–bestselling I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Dave Barry embarked on the treacherous seas of adulthood, to hilarious results. What comes next? Parenthood, of course, and families. In uproarious, brand-new pieces, Barry tackles everything from family trips, bat mitzvah parties and dating (he’s serious about that title: “When my daughter can legally commence dating—February 24, 2040—I intend to monitor her closely, even if I am deceased”) to funeral instructions (“I would like my eulogy to be given by William Shatner”), the differences between male and female friendships, the deeper meaning of Fifty Shades of Grey, and a father’s ultimate sacrifice: accompanying his daughter to a Justin Bieber concert (“It turns out that the noise teenaged girls make to express happiness is the same noise they would make if their feet were being gnawed off by badgers”). Let’s face it: families not only enrich our lives every day, they drive us completely around the bend. Thank goodness we have Dave Barry as our guide! From 1983 to 2004, Dave Barry wrote a weekly humor column for the Miami Herald, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of over thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfiction I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Dave Barry’s Money Secrets, Dave Barry Turns 50 and Dave Barry’s Guide to Guys; the novels Big Trouble, Tricky Business and Insane City; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); his Christmas story The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog; his collection of Miami Herald year-end reviews, Dave Barry’s History of the Millennium (So Far); and his collaboration with Alan Zweibel, Lunatics. Two of his books – Big Trouble and Dave Barry’s Guide to Guys – have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series, Dave’s World. For many years, Dave was also a guitarist with the late, infamous, and strangely unlamented band, the Rock Bottom Remainders. He lives in Coral Gables, Florida.