Love Poems for People with Children

 

　　約翰‧肯尼〈John Kenney 〉帶著開創性的精神，書寫婚後有孩子的生活，以精準帶有共鳴的節奏，呈現最扣人心弦的詩集。

 

　　瑟伯獎〈Thurber Priz〉得主約翰‧肯尼〈John Kenney 〉創作的已婚人士愛情詩廣受歡迎，這次，他為有孩子的人們提供了一個歡鬧的新詩集。

 

　　本次的主題聚焦在生活中最大的「快樂」：孩子。肯尼書寫了關於父母與孩子的連結和生命歷程，從新生兒，幼兒和睡眠剝奪，一直到可怕的兩三歲階段、前青少年期和青少年階段，都是肯尼筆下最真實也最扣人心弦的篇章。

 

　　父母的愛是無條件的，但有時候這些可愛小獸還是讓人想扶額嘆息。在孩子回到學校購物之間、從未結束的暑假、青春期的尷尬、不可避免的異地大學生活……，以及更多孩子成長歷程中的鮮明情緒和重要事件，皆構成了父母心中的牽掛。這些綿密的情節緊繫著父母，他們的工作從未完成，無論他們喜歡與否……。

 

　　這些詩充滿了愛、能量和現實，肯尼採用了開創性的風格，讓者產生共鳴，並於其中回顧這些笑與淚，感受昔日的慌張與感動、綿長的快樂或擔憂，學會一生的習題：掛念與放手。(文/博客來編譯)

In the spirit of his wildly popular New Yorker pieces and the New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People, Thurber-prize winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection of poetry for people with children.

With the same brilliant wit and hilarious realism that made Love Poems for Married People such a hit, John Kenney is back with a brand new collection of poems, this time taking on the greatest ＂joy＂ in life: children. Kenney covers it all, from newborns, toddlers, and sleep deprivation, to the terrible twos, terrible tweens, and terrible teens. A parent’s love is unconditional, but sometimes that button can’t help but be pushed. Between back to school shopping, summer vacations that never end, the awkwardness of puberty, the inevitable post-college moving back in, and more, a parent’s job is never done, whether they like it or not.

John Kenney is the New York Times bestselling author of the humorous poetry collection Love Poems for Married People, and the novels Talk to Me and Truth in Advertising, which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He has worked for many years as a copywriter. He has also been a contributor to The New Yorker magazine since 1999. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.