The author, who runs the blog, People I Want to Punch In The Throat.com, has created the antidote to all those annoying holiday have-to-dos that have somehow morphed into non-negotiable traditions.
Jen’s essays have a knack for voicing what many are secretly thinking, while her “good enough, half assed” approach to holiday expectations is refreshing—and hilarious—in a world of overachieving, self-congratulatory super moms.
Jen’s irreverent, snarky and smart-ass humor takes aim at everything from torturous holiday traditions like cookie exchanges and the exhausting shenanigans of the “Elf on the Shelf” to a lecherous Santa Claus in “Hey Santa, Keep Your Yuletide Log to Yourself” to the stomach turning child protégés in “Annual Christmas Letters: Art of The Humble Brag”.
No one is spared from her rapier wit. Her family, includes her husband—aka “The Hubs” or as Jen describes him, “sometimes a real cheap bastard”—her children, Gomer and Adolpha, (don’t even think about giving her shit about their names), and brother CB provide a mother-lode of embarrassing revelations.
Put simply, “Spending the Holidays With People I Want To Punch In The Throat” should be required reading for anyone navigating the murky waters of family holidays.
Reviewed by Maureen Fajt for IndieReader