The Bastard on the Couch

ThehusbandofTheBitchintheHouserespondswithacollectionoforiginalpiecesbymalewritersaboutwhatmendesire，need，love，andloatheintheirrelationshipstoday...CathiHanauer'sbestsellingTheBitchintheHouse:26WomenTelltheTruthaboutSex，Solitude，Work，Motherhood，andMarriagespurredanationalconversationabouttheleveloffrictionincontemporarymarriagesandrelationships.Nowherhusband，DanielJones，hasralliedthemenforthe"literaryequivalentofTheFullMonty，"inwhichtwenty-seventhoughtful，passionate，andoftenhilariousmenlayitbarewhenitcomestotheirwivesandgirlfriends，theirhopesandfears.Enoughwithpoppsychiatriststellinguswhymenlie，cheat，andwantnothingmorethantolazearoundthehouseinfrontoftheTV.Enoughwithwomenwonderingaloud--atincreasingvolume--whythemenintheirlivesbehavethewaytheydo.Thetimehascomeformentospeakforthemselves.Manyofthehusbandsandfathersinthesepagescontemplateaspectsoftheirpersonallivesthey'veneverbeforerevealedinprint--theykickopenthedoorontheirmarriagesandsexlives，theirfatheringanddomesticconflicts，theirmostintimaterelationshipsandsituations.Yetunliketheaveragemeat-and-potatoesfatherwhostillrulestheroost，thesemenaregrapplingwithnewideasofmanhood--somethattheyaregoingafterandgrabbing，andothersthatarebeingthrustuponthembyachangingworld.Powerful，heartfelt，andirreverent，TheBastardontheCouchisabold，unprecedentedglimpseintothedarkcornersandglaringtruthsofmodernrelationshipsthatisguaranteedtoamuse，entertain，enrich，andprovoke.