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Countless sleep-deprived parents around the world were grateful when, in 2011, Mansbach published a riproaringly profane parody of a children's book to help kids fall asleep. A series of
Go the F*ck to Sleep books followed. And why not? The novelist hit on a hilarious conceit--merging syrupy-sweet kid-lit prose with R-rated kickers--that kept on giving. As happens, children grow older. Yet don't they still need some advice when heading off to college? Yes, those doorstopper guides on best colleges might help, but they're not quite as funny as Mansbach's latest book . . . Yet more laughs for overwhelmed parents--as they become empty nesters.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
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A new Bible for weary parents.-- "New York Times, on Go the F*ck to Sleep"
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Incredibly appealing.-- "NPR, on Go the F*ck to Sleep"
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A parenting zeitgeist . . . A phenomenon that has stunned the publishing world and may just redefine the modern 'parenting' market.-- "Washington Post, on Go the F*ck to Sleep"
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For parents of sleepless young ones, the celebrity of Adam Mansbach is hard to overstate. Bleary-eyed and maybe a little despairing, that first time a parent picks up his tome
Go the F*ck to Sleep can be a little transcendent. The irreverent picture book perfectly captures the complex feelings we all experience with toddlers . . . Fifteen years later, Mansbach is tapping once again into the impossible feelings of parents who are about to send off their children--now teens--to the world, to college.
Go the F*ck to College . . . is just as sweet, sardonic, and endearingly cathartic as
Go the F*ck to Sleep. Even for those of us with pre-teens, it's a wonderful reminder that the parenting journey is long and fraught, difficult and beautiful--and that it would do use good to find a little humor in it.-- "Fatherly"
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If you're searching for a poignant way to bestow a lifetime of wisdom on your kids before sending them off to college, author Adam Mansbach might have just what you're looking for . . . There is a lot of wisdom in this book.-- "TODAY"
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Written for families preparing for the emotional rollercoaster of the college sendoff season, the 'bookend' to
Go the F**K to Sleep series is beautiful and sweet . . . it's crunch time, and these are your cliff notes.-- "Morning Joe"
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Go the F--- to College is a very funny and, yes, profane--but who the f--- cares--take on sending a kid to college, ' Danson said of the book in a statement shared with
PEOPLE. 'The excitement, the sadness, all the weird stuff in between. It's laugh-out-loud funny--really, truly. It's perfect for any graduating senior or their parents, ' the Emmy winner continued. 'But the truth is, it's really you seniors who should go out and buy this for your parents, because it'll help them get in touch with their emotions, which are very confusing for them in this moment. You're fine. Your parents need help. Go get one. You won't regret it.'-- "People"
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This laugh-out-loud, latest installment in Adam Mansbach's profane, #1 New York Times best-selling series, probably CAN be read to--and by--your graduating child, though it might bring you all to tears
WHEN YOUR KID IS LITTLE, the paradoxes of parenting are simple: you can love your child to death, and also be willing to do anything to get them to go the f*ck to sleep. But by the time your precious little baby bird is getting ready to spread its wings and leave the nest? That's a whole different level of complexity. You're happy and sad. Thrilled and devastated. You want to give them all the advice you can, but you know they've got to make their own mistakes. You want them to know they can always come home, but also you're turning their bedroom into a gym.
With Adam Mansbach's trademark honesty, humor, and profanity, Go the F*ck to College perfectly captures the complicated emotional reality of this poignant, fraught, exciting time. A perfect gift for any graduating senior--or their parents or grandparents--this book somehow encapsulates everything you'd ever want to tell your kid . . . along with a few things you'd never dream of saying out loud.
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Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2026 (EAN 9781636142920, Hardcover)
Contributor Bio:Mansbach, Adam
Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, humorist, and cultural critic (in addition to having built an obscene fake children's book empire). His books include
Rage Is Back, the California Book Award-winning
The End of the Jews, and the best sellers
Angry Black White Boy and
For This We Left Egypt?, cowritten with Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel. Mansbach was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his screenplay for the Netflix Original
Barry, and is currently adapting his middle-grade novel
Jake the Fake Keeps It Real for the Disney Channel. His work has appeared in the
New Yorker, the
New York Times Book Review, Esquire, and on National Public Radio's
This American Life, the
Moth, and
All Things Considered.
Contributor Bio:Brozman, Owen
Owen Brozman is the illustrator of the
New York Times bestseller
You Have to F*cking Eat, Kindness & Salt,
F*ck, Now There Are Two of You, and the acclaimed graphic novel
Nature of the Beast. He has illustrated for
National Geographic, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, Ninja Tune, Scholastic, and numerous other clients. His work has been recognized by
3x3 magazine, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles,
Creative Quarterly, and many more. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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