Tag: humor
Humorous Fiction-Digital Downloads
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2020/03/26/humorous-fiction-digital-downloads/
Looking for some humorous fiction to read or listen to while you’re staying home and staying safe? Here are a few suggestions that you can download from Overdrive with your Fairfield Public Library card. CLASS MOM By Laurie Gelman “Gelman’s debut is a literary...
Walking with Jack
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2013/10/12/walking-with-jack/
Title: Walking With Jack Author: Don J. Snyder Publisher: Doubleday, 2013 Summary/Review: It will help you understand this tale if you are a golf nut, or at the very least, golf-term-savvy. This memoir about a father’s desire to help his son realize their shared...
Dad is fat
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2013/07/06/475-2/
Title: DAD IS FAT Author: Jim Gaffigan Publisher: Crown, May 2013 Summary/Review: Anyone who has children, has been a child or knows anyone with children will love this book. Jim Gaffigan, a stand-up comedian best known for his riffs on Hot Pockets, has written...
The Fiddler in the Subway
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/09/28/the-fiddler-in-the-subway/
Title: The Fiddler in the Subway: The true story of what happened when a world-class violinist played for handouts – and other virtuoso performances by America’s foremost feature writer Author: Gene Weingarten Publisher: Simon and Schuster, July 2010 Summary: If you take one of the...
These Children Who Come At You With Knives
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/08/02/these-children-who-come-at-you-with-knives/
Title: These Children Who Come At You With Knives and Other Fairy Tales Author: Jim Knipfel Publisher: Simon & Schuster, June 2010 Summary: Fractured fairy tales have long been a popular genre in youth literature, and in this wicked, inspired collection, the grown-ups finally...