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Welcome to the Nuthouse!

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This book is great! I've been reading his columns all along, and was so excited to see that the articles I've been reading and enjoying are now available in book form. Really funny stuff. Highly recommended!

I've read his columns in my paper in north carolina, and always howl. His columns remind my husband and I of the days when our kids were little. (He has five, we had seven) He always makes my day when I catch his column.

Sometimes I wonder if he is making this stuff up. If not, I feel sorry for him!

When I read this all I could think was - it's so true! My father-in-law said it was so good they should make a book out of it! My friend's twelve year old thinks it's a riot, especially when the stories are about the kids.

Peter McKay is one of the funniest writers I've ever read. I happen to like humor books, but his columns make me laugh out loud. The book refers to his house as the "nuthouse" because he moved his family into a house where the elderly previous owner let in squirrels to feed them in the front hall. no one tells him this, and when he moves in, every time he opens the door, the squirrels line up to rush him and climb over his legs to get in the house.

A lot of this book deals with how he attempts to dealw ith all those kids, repair his old house, and keep his sanity. There are a lot of crazy things, though, that the average homeowner or family member will be able to identify with, even if they wouldn't want to admit that these things happen to them!

You can tell, though, that even though he makes fun of his family life that they are a very close family and he loves his wife and kids.

I bought this book in a local bookstore because I read this guy all the time in my local paper. The stuff he writes about his wacky house is hilarious. One of his columns is about a fridge that beheads mice and sends mouse heads flying across the room while they're eating dinner. I'm glad that he's on amazon now, because I'm tired of telling my friends to go to the bookstore.

here's what bookreviewcafe.com had to say about "welcome to the nuthouse!":

This hilarious account of Peter McKay's family will have you cracking up laughing. Pretty hysterically if you're not careful. Make sure you're in a safe area while reading. I was reading most of this book in a public place, outdoors, with lots of people around, and I was crying I was laughing so hard. I swear people probably thought I was a crackpot.

My two favorite stories, and the ones I could relate to the most, were Welcome to the Nuthouse! -- which was about squirrels invading the yard, and My Jean Pool -- which related to exercise and using the abmaster that you plug in and it sends electric pulses through your abs to make them more defined. This does not make your tummy defined or feel good!

Anyway, you will have fun reading McKay's antics of what goes on in and around his house. There's a little of everything here: home improvement catastrophes, his children and wife, the neighbors, his lawn, and much more.

Women as well as men will find they can share in this author's heroics and misery when it comes to life in general.

by LISA

Funny man and funny book. My father was his mailman and he wrote an article about him: "Homemaking: Desperate Housewives and Their Male". This book is worth the $12.

McKay delights with this book. I think there are at least three solid laughs per page, which is a higher percentage than you'll find in most of Dave Barry's books.