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Fat, Forty, and Fired: One Man's Frank, Funny, and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life
Fat Forty and Fired One Man's Frank Funny and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life Author:Nigel Marsh As a stressed husband and father of four small children under the age of eight, Nigel Marsh was enslaved to his mortgage, recuperating from an embarrassing surgery, and suddenly fired from his corporate career. Deciding to venture "off the treadmill" in search of a more meaningful and balanced existence, Marsh tackled the art of hands-... more »on parenting while simultaneously training for an ocean swimming race and coming to terms with his alcoholism. Touching on topics ranging from marital sex (or lack thereof), dieting, and parenthood to work, love, football, religion, self-help books, and sharks, Marsh makes his U.S. debut after enjoying best-seller status in Australia and the U.K. with this provocative and funny book.« less
John S. (Seajack) reviewed Fat, Forty, and Fired: One Man's Frank, Funny, and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life on + 347 more book reviews
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Great story of how a father of four turns his life around after a position he thought was secure is eliminated.
Ronda - reviewed Fat, Forty, and Fired: One Man's Frank, Funny, and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life on + 214 more book reviews
Nigel Marsh writes a thoroughly entertaining account of his "year off". Set mostly in Sydney, AUS, Marsh sets up the story of his and his wife's lives with their 4 children and his uninvolvement in their day to day lives that lead to his decision to take a year off work. I think the title is a bit mistleading because Nigel does not "lose" his job. When his firm is bought out, he, as CEO, coordinates the integration, and realizes that the only way he can stay with the company is to be willing to relocate overseas again. He and his wife just moved to Sydney 2 years prior and fell totally in love with it and had no desire to move. Because they had enough savings, they decided that Nigel could quit his job and be a stay at home dad for about a year. The results of that decision are turned into a funny, at times laugh out loud, book. He obviously adores his kids, who are hysterical, and is totally in love with this way too good for him wife. Syndey also becomes somewhat of a character in the book. H wrote this book in '04, and I love to hear what his family (especially the kids) have been up to since then.
