Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children) » (Reprint)

A former New York Post columnist, Susan Konig is a contributor to Catholic Digest and National Review Online. She lives with her family in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Susan Konig's first book offers a uniquely frank look at the modern family by "an exceptional humorist on the order of Erma Bombeck and Jean Kerr" (Library Journal).

The Konigs can barely turn around in a city apartment that seems to be shrinking. With Baby #3 on the way, they take drastic measures: They buy a house and move to The 'Burbs. Countless sticky adventures ensue.

In her hilariously unflinching account of motherhood and domestic pursuits, Konig shares a supermom's little secrets, from the importance of Cheerios to the truth about Bambi's mother ("she was running an errand").

Library Journal

Konig, an exceptional humorist on the order of Erma Bombeck and Jean Kerr, offers a superbly witty account of her family's move from a small Manhattan apartment to a house in the suburbs. This is no small accomplishment considering the mundane quality of the topic. With droll honesty, Konig relates incidents of culture shock as she transitions from hip city mamma (and one-time party girl) to suburban mom of three, but life goes on in "Konigland." One for the maturing Sex and the City crowd in larger suburban and urban libraries. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.