The Mr. & Mrs. Happy Handbook: Everything I Know About Love and Marriage (with corrections by Mrs. Doocy) (Hardcover)

by Steve Doocy (Author)

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Product Description
Funny, provocative, and sometimes counter-intuitive advice on the best ways for both men and women to make a relationship work. In "The Mr. and Mrs. Happy Handbook", Steve Doocy will attempt to give all men and women answers to the questions that arise in their relationships. Riffing on everything from the first date, first kiss, to last rites, Doocy talks about the crazy arcs that each relationship takes, from dating, proposing, wedding, honeymooning, being married, having kids, to making it work. Doocy has been married for twenty years, but he's not declaring this a self-help book. It's more of a don't try this at home book. Doocy's an expert on what not to do, because he's already done all the dumb stuff, and he's learned from his mistakes. Plus, for anything he has not learned, and for additional WMD (women, men, dating) brilliance, Doocy has included bits and pieces from his celebrity interviews, which will make the reader feel simpatico with the rich and famous.

About the Author
STEVE DOOCY currently serves as a co-anchor for FOX News Channel's live morning newscast "Fox and Friends." Prior to this, he served in the same capacity for WCBS-TV's Early Morning Newscast. Throughout his career, Doocy has received 11 local EMMY Awards for various feature coverage as well as the Associated Press' Feature Reporter of the Year Award. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Doocy began his career as a feature reporter at WRC-TV (NBC) in Washington, D.C.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow (October 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060854057
• ISBN-13: 978-0060854058
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #305,512 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FUNNY FUNNY BOOK , October 18, 2006

By	Bill Wilson "Billy" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

The book is a combination Dave Barry and Irma Bombeck, looking at married life, that is loud laugh funny.

I particularly enjoyed the vignettes about the authors honeymoon at a leper colony with his wife 'Meg Ryan', the time the "naked gardener" wound up in the emergency room, and what happened when he bought his wife a coat 12 sizes too big. Also I can identify with him volunteering to coach his son's team, because nobody else would put his kid in the game.

I've seen this guy on the news, but I had no idea he was this FUNNY!

And there's actually a heart and soul to this book that leaves a positively great feeling about marriage.

This is now my official wedding gift (with a fifty taped inside). I've ordered copies for my my wife's sister, my parents, hers, and friends who are getting married in November.

I might start watching this guy more on tv, to see if he's this funny in real life!

62 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious: You're About To Laugh So Hard - So Make Sure You're Close To A Bathroom!, October 19, 2006

By	Peter Senese "A book is a free ticket to anyw... (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

Hilarious!

This happens to be one of the funniest, and perhaps most useful books I have read in a long time! Yes, the world knows that boys and girls are different: our perspectives, our needs, and the way we communicate; however, in `The Mr. & Mrs. Happy Handbook: Everything I Know About Love and Marriage (with corrections by Mrs. Doocy)' by Steve Doocy I can't recall when a book celebrating the differences allowed the reader to remember one simple rule of life for which I think most individuals get married for: be happy!

Starting out with girl meets boy, or boy meets girl, or boy meets boy, or girl meets girl - whatever: marriage is the beginning of INTENDED long term happiness through partnership. Yet, there's this thing we all face: LIFE! Crap happens! How we deal with it . . . before the kids sets the pace. Doocy is trying and succeeding to share with us all not to take things too seriously, have a little compassion, and laugh as much as you can regardless of what happens. Be flexible. Then more stuff happens: CHILDREN! More flexibility is required! Doocy delivers such interesting stories relating to the life of marriage and children, that there's many things here for many different readers.

Cleverly dissecting most events married (or formerly married) individuals and parents alike can relate to, `The Mr. & Mrs. Happy Handbook: Everything I Know About Love and Marriage (with corrections by Mrs. Doocy)', is filled with such funny one-line zingers and hilariously awkward situations that readers who are married or intending to get married should truly consider running out and reading this most enjoyable book! I would like to provide one helpful hint to all readers before you begin reading: make sure you don't drink much liquid and make sure there's a bathroom close by! Who knew Doocy was so funny?! I may have to reconsider this whole thing of marriage myself one day soon.

41 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and helpful, October 30, 2006

By	Frank J. Konopka (Shamokin, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Even though my wife and I have been married almost twice as long as Steve Doocy (37 years, and countiing), it never hurts to get someone else's take on how to have a happy marriage. Steve is a very funny fellow, and I enjoy watching him every weekday morning on "Fox and Friends". He adds some brightness into any morning that appears gloomy to me, and his book does the same. His take on marriage, with all its fun and follies rings quite true, and the humor with which he presents it softens any heavy lesson being put across. All I can say is that his wife must be one outstanding lady to have lived with him all of these years, but I feel the same way about my own wife: why do such tremendous women select guys like Steve and me? Just one of life's little mysteries!