A comic and heartwarming memoir about childhood’s second act from Real Simple journalist Catherine Newman. Much is written about a child’s infancy and toddler years, which is good since they will never remember it. It is ages 5-12 that are the second act, or as Catherine Newman puts it in this delightfully candid, outlandishly funny new memoir about the years that “your children will remember as their childhood.” The memoir is broken up by age, with each section focusing on the joys and struggles of raising children of that age.In a funny, heart-wrenching, relatable voice, Newman presents these years up close, narrating the events, big and small, that make up parenthood. Newman articulates the paradoxes, quiet pleasures, and hilarious moments of life with children in a way that feels fresh and that will appeal to any parent.