Books like the TV Show Parenthood?

jhempel24 · 02-23-2011, 01:14 AM

Just wondering about some novels that might be kind of like that show.

For whatever reason that show speaks to me...maybe its the fact that they are touching on subjects of a special needs son, like my own, or the conflicts within are so close to my own, not sure, but it's got to be my favorite show on TV and is the ONLY show that can turn me into a blubbering idiot, especially tonights episode.

So I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations from that!

JohnnyRocks · 02-25-2011, 03:16 PM

I can't recommend anything but, I have to agree that it's an excellent show....It's a shame that it will very likely be cancelled after this season. It doesn't turn me into a blubbering idiot, but, it really does hit home on alot of the parenting issues, and, I'm a young father (32), of two young children (my daughter just turned 3 and my son is 6.5 months).

jhempel24 · 02-25-2011, 03:44 PM

Oh say it ain't so. Every show I seem to really enjoy gets cancelled.

Im in the same boat, 32, son is 3 with undiagnosed developmental delays.

queentess · 02-25-2011, 04:13 PM

Oh hell, I love that show too. It hits me from the good-but-slightly-rebellious teenager side (as that was not too long ago) and the parenting side (1 y/o daughter).

I haven't read this yet, but it comes with a 5-star review from one of my pickier friends. The protagonist is autistic.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...the_Night_time

dmacmart · 02-25-2011, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by queentess

I haven't read this yet, but it comes with a 5-star review from one of my pickier friends. The protagonist is autistic.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...the_Night_time

I have read the book and it's excellent. I'm not sure that it is similar to the TV show, though (I haven't seen it).

jhempel24 · 02-25-2011, 06:42 PM

A friend of mind just suggested this post after reading my wifes post on facebook. Ill have to look at it.

jhempel24 · 02-26-2011, 12:22 AM

Turns out my online library DOES carry this in eBook form.....I'm only 2 on the waiting list....woo!!

Looks really really interesting and I can't wait to read it.

elemenoP · 02-28-2011, 01:39 PM

I loved the Curious Incident, it's really a great book. I also really liked Marcelo in the Real World which is YA about a young man with Aspergers who goes to work at his father's law firm over the summer. Neither of these are anything like Parenthood, though. (and I love Parenthood! Whenever I'm watching it, I wish my sisters were watching it too!). I can't think of a book like it. Tom Perrotta's Little Children (and probably his other books) deals with the experience of parenting but it's much more cynical.

eP

jhempel24 · 02-28-2011, 01:53 PM

Cool, I'll have to look at Marcelo as well.

Oh and I did a bit of searching, looks like Parenthood got another full order of 22 episodes!!

02-23-2011, 01:14 AM	#1
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Books like the TV Show Parenthood? Just wondering about some novels that might be kind of like that show. For whatever reason that show speaks to me...maybe its the fact that they are touching on subjects of a special needs son, like my own, or the conflicts within are so close to my own, not sure, but it's got to be my favorite show on TV and is the ONLY show that can turn me into a blubbering idiot, especially tonights episode. So I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations from that!

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02-25-2011, 03:16 PM	#2
JohnnyRocks Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 960 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: PocketBook 360	I can't recommend anything but, I have to agree that it's an excellent show....It's a shame that it will very likely be cancelled after this season. It doesn't turn me into a blubbering idiot, but, it really does hit home on alot of the parenting issues, and, I'm a young father (32), of two young children (my daughter just turned 3 and my son is 6.5 months).

02-25-2011, 03:44 PM	#3
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Oh say it ain't so. Every show I seem to really enjoy gets cancelled. Im in the same boat, 32, son is 3 with undiagnosed developmental delays.

02-25-2011, 04:13 PM	#4
queentess Reading is sexy Posts: 1,303 Karma: 544517 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Oh hell, I love that show too. It hits me from the good-but-slightly-rebellious teenager side (as that was not too long ago) and the parenting side (1 y/o daughter). I haven't read this yet, but it comes with a 5-star review from one of my pickier friends. The protagonist is autistic. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...the_Night_time

02-25-2011, 06:42 PM	#6
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	A friend of mind just suggested this post after reading my wifes post on facebook. Ill have to look at it.

02-26-2011, 12:22 AM	#7
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Turns out my online library DOES carry this in eBook form.....I'm only 2 on the waiting list....woo!! Looks really really interesting and I can't wait to read it.

02-28-2011, 01:39 PM	#8
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	I loved the Curious Incident, it's really a great book. I also really liked Marcelo in the Real World which is YA about a young man with Aspergers who goes to work at his father's law firm over the summer. Neither of these are anything like Parenthood, though. (and I love Parenthood! Whenever I'm watching it, I wish my sisters were watching it too!). I can't think of a book like it. Tom Perrotta's Little Children (and probably his other books) deals with the experience of parenting but it's much more cynical. eP

02-28-2011, 01:53 PM	#9
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Cool, I'll have to look at Marcelo as well. Oh and I did a bit of searching, looks like Parenthood got another full order of 22 episodes!!

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