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Awkward Family Photos |  | Authors: Mike Bender, Doug Chernack
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
List Price: $15.00
Buy New: $10.20
as of 9/9/2010 09:09 MDT details
Rating:  reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 7.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0307592294
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.602
EAN: 9780307592293
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Come on... you have a few awkward family photos too... August 28, 2010
Thomas Duff (Portland, OR United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
'Fess up... you have those "family photos" that you hide from others, hoping nobody every finds them. At the time the images made sense or sounded like a good idea. But now? Just hope your kids don't get hold of them and send them off trying to get you included in the book Awkward Family Photos by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack. If that happens, you might as well join the Witness Protection Program, because you'll start to think that wherever you go, someone will recognize you... and laugh (and we will!)
Bender and Chernack started a web site posting a few funny family photos. You know the ones... where all the members in the family are wearing the same outfit... you're posed in front of some "cool" backdrop... the person next to you just wet their pants. They thought that was about the extent of their fun, until a local radio station started playing up the site. It then got picked up by a few more, then a few more, and suddenly they were getting new submissions and emails from others who were *thrilled* they weren't the only ones with awkward family photos. The website took off, and led to this book.
They cover all the bases when it comes to topics: The Family Portrait, Mom and Dad, The Kids, Siblings, Grandma and Grandpa, The Relatives, Pets, Vacation, Birthdays, Graduation, Weddings, Holidays, and Strange - Not Awkward. If you're like me, you'll be smiling/laughing/cringing from the first page. Why did Dad think it was OK to pose in a Speedo? Why did you dress up your pot-bellied pig for a "family portrait"? And there's always the "this family looks like they're a little *too* close" pictures...
If you've followed the Awkward Family Photos website, you will have seen some of the pictures included here. Others you can only see in the book. But even if you run into the same pictures in the book, you'll probably get a bit more context or background as to what was going on with the picture at the time.
Awkward Family Photos is not some great or deep literary masterpiece. It's just a quick, fun ride looking at a slice of life that we've all experienced (and hope that no one else ever gets to see)...
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 funny funny funny funny funny funny funny fun-nee! August 21, 2010
J. M. Ricks (New Braunfels, TX USA)
The cover of this book was enough to make me want to buy it. I was not disappointed! I love all the anecdotes and captions that go with the photos. Buy the way, one reviewer said the book was in black and white- NOT TRUE. It's in full color except the photos that were originally in black and white. I laughed so hard I cried. Perfect gift. I especially liked the horrid school photos- who doesn't relate to that?
hilarious. hilarious, hilarious August 17, 2010
ipans (Penngrove, CA)
my only regret is that i didn't know about the web search for photos to go in this book! i could've entered one or two myself...
Very funny July 28, 2010
Mom of Sons (Buffalo, NY)
Some photos are just interesting in a train-wreck kinda way, but others are so funny you'll actually LOL and if you are reading it in bed, your bed partner will become annoyed, especially if you are like me and keep trying to show him the funny pictures.
This book would be a great ice-breaker at the next extended family gathering. What a relief to pick this up on Thanksgiving afternoon to thumb through while your mother-in-law is grilling your kids about their grades, and the uncles are drinking beer and arguing about politics, and the kids are all texting and trying to ignore the adults!
What a Treat! July 26, 2010
Moderate Risk (Lakeland, Florida United States)
Awkward family Photos is a book that seems to find a connection with every family in the country. It causes all who read it to breathe a sigh of relief that their family isn't the only one with weird relatives and awkward moments. I loved the little stories of nightmare family moments and moments of understanding and thinking "Been there, done that!" I keep this book in my office when I need a break because it doesn't matter where you start in it. You can just randomly open this book and it will put a smile of hilarity or a smile of familiarity on your face in less than two minutes.
There really isn't a need for a lengthy review and analysis. This book is exactly what the title says it is although it could also be entitled, "Awkward Family Moments." There is no plot or story line to break down, just a comment on the funniest show on earth, the American family being itself!
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