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C.A. Huggins

Labor Pains Kindle Edition

by C.A. Huggins (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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“Labor Pains is irreverently funny. ...a glorious celebration of half-ass-ism and mediocrity” - San Francisco Book Review

“This dark comedy with some criminal action thrown in brings a lot of difficult issues up to the surface. ...Four Stars". "This book is chuck-full of 'that’s so wrong' kind of humor, the kind you’ll want to read aloud to your spouse and get them to laugh with you." - Portland Book Review

Attaining the American Dream One Lie at a Time.

Kevin Taylor is a woefully mediocre man who finds himself at a crossroads in his mid-30's. Everyday his alarm clock wakes him up for the cold realization that he has to go to a job that he downright loathes. His cubicle is his own private cell for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

All of his efforts to get a promotion or get another job over the past 10 years have been thwarted by his indifference towards hard work and overall incompetence.

He feels destined to be stuck in the glut of the lower middle-class, living from check to check, never having the ability to do the things he wants to do, and going to a passionless job he hates in order to maintain his mediocre fate until he decides to eliminate his competition using a strategy of office terrorism leads him into a string of hysterical occurrences as he quests to get what he thinks he rightfully deserves.

Labor Pains is a wry and absurdly comical look at the modern employee caught in the endless cycle of consumerism where it is impossible to differentiate your wants versus your needs.

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371 pages
Language

English
Publication date

December 26, 2013
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About the Author

C.A. Huggins is a new author residing in San Diego, CA.

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"Work and the working place environment is a slippery subject matter. C.A. Huggins' humorist approach to this rarely discussed topic is an original and appropriate way to deal with it. It's probably impossible for people to find a job that they would be passionate about all the time. There are many people who aren't happy about their jobs. People, who like Kevin, work out of fear, live from paycheck to paycheck and can actually relate to his situation. ...This dark comedy with some criminal action thrown in brings a lot of difficult issues up to the surface." - Portland Book Review

"While Labor Pains is irreverently funny, it also contains pearls of insight about the dichotomy of work. It's a glorious celebration of half-ass-ism and mediocrity, terrific for readers who recognize the ridiculousness of the struggle to get ahead and appreciate the irony of having to work harder to buy more things that one has to work harder to maintain." - San Francisco Book Review

"This book is chock-full of 'that's so wrong' kind of humor, the kind you'll want to read aloud to your spouse and get them to laugh with you."- Portland Book Review --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DO3YVFU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Captain of My Ship Publishing (December 26, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 26, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2172 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 371 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #1,438,989 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,274 in Humorous Dark Comedy
- #1,497 in Black & African American Literary Fiction
- #3,093 in American Humorous Fiction

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C.A. Huggins is the author of the short story "The Lotto Lothario" and the acclaimed novel "Labor Pains". He is a graduate of The College of New Jersey with a degree in English literature. C.A. currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

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Jason W. Miller

A Solidly Entertaining Dark Twisty Tale

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2013

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This is a solidly entertaining, dark and twisty tale about an overly confident and completely average fellow named Kevin as he finds his way through this crazy, mixed up world. The writing is outstanding and if I could rate just the quality of the writing -- the word usements and turns of phrase I would give it five stars without hesitation. The plot moves at a very nice pace and keeps the reader interested. Multiple twists and turns keeps the reader guessing what will happen next but at the same time hungry to find out more. I started reading this book while I had two other books going but quickly put the others on the shelf so that I could find out what happens next with Kevin and the sometimes familiar and sometimes outrageous cast of characters. The dialogue is snappy and true to life which is something that many authors fail to master. I found myself chuckling several times as Kevin elaborately described a scene at work or home that I could relate to. The author elegantly captured many of things that irk and annoy us through our day to day. The ending is crisp and does not leave you hanging or saying "that's it?" Overall a very well written and entertaining book. The only criticism that I would have for this particular book is that at times it was a bit too dark for my tastes but I recognize that is a personal preference and not a reason to discourage anyone from reading this book. Huggins is clearly a gifted author and I look forward to reading his future works.

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Messages For The Soul

Dark comedy for the working class

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2014

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I was cubicle-bound for many years so can relate to the struggles and frustrations of Kevin Taylor in Labor Pains. However, this is a comedy and parody so everything here is really over the top and I found it to be awfully funny because there is so much truth woven into the story. That's what makes comedy so funny after all. Kevin possesses the gift of being able to see and point out everyone's faults but his own. This is awesome. The lengths that he goes to secure a promotion that he doesn't deserve are also pretty hysterical. Laugh out loud fun in this read from start to finish.

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I'll check out the author's other work.

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017

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Well, this is the story of an awful guy behaving awfully. Which is hard to take in large doses. However, there are some truly funny moments in the book, and our decidedly unheroic protagonist sort of redeems himself in the end. But, dang, the guy was so passively/aggressively nasty that I really needed the funny moments to keep going. I don't know how else you'd tell the story, though.

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Pawmom

I Enjoyed It!

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015

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Ok, not white bread type of humor, but if you enjoy off the wall, dark humor, it's extremely amusing. I am someone who usually reads women's lit and mysteries, but this just cracked me up. Mr. Huggins has a very unique sense of humor and I found the book to be very refreshing!

2 people found this helpful

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K. Hosley

Like wading through sludge

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2018

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Kevin is annoying, and his overly stereotyped coworkers are flat and boring.
Waded through the first few chapters, and regret that I'll never get that 20 minutes of my life back.

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LinZ

Very good!

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2017

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I think that this is one of the funniest books that I have ever read. It was so clever and well written. This author is definitely someone I will follow and purchase everything he writes. I would recommend this book to all of my friends.

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Jennifer E.

Poor Kevin. He just has so much going on ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014

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This book was definitely entertaining. Poor Kevin. He just has so much going on with him. Everything in his life just goes wrong.
I couldn't help but laugh and shake my head at how this does tell the truth about how call centers are.

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Amazon Customer

If you love raunchy boy humor this book could be for you

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2018

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If you love raunchy boy humor this book could be for you. However, the main character is a very unlikable person with no redeeming qualities.