num_pages: 240
description: A coming-of-middle-age tale told with warmth and wit Dan Gets a Minivan provides the one thing every parent really needs: comic relief. Whether you're a dude a dad or someone who's married to either fasten your seat belt and prepare to crack up.The least hip citizen of Brooklyn Dan Zevin has a working wife two small children a mother who visits each week to help and an obese Labrador mutt who prefers to be driven rather than walked. How he got to this point is a bit of a blur. There was a wedding and then there was a puppy. A home was purchased in New England. A wife was promoted and transferred to New York. A town house. A new baby boy. A new baby girl. A stay-at-home dad was born. A prescription for Xanax was filled. Gray hairs appeared; gray hairs fell out. Six years passed in six seconds. And then came the minivan. Dan Zevin master of Seinfeld-ian nothingness is trying his best to make the transition from couplehood to familyhood. Acclimating to the adult-oriented lifestyle has never been his strong suit and this slice-of-midlife story chronicles the whole hilarious journey - from instituting date night to joining Costco; from touring Disneyland to recovering from knee surgery; from losing ambition to gaining perspective. Where it's all heading is anyone's guess but for Dan suburbia's calling - and his minivan has GPS.
language: English
title: Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad
publisher: Scribner