Why haven't I ever read this book by one of my favorite children's authors of all time? It will now be on my summer TO READ list.
The back cover says: You will learn as you get older, just as I learned that autumn, that no father is perfect. Grown-ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets, but all of them have two or three private habits hidden up thier sleeves that would probably make you gasp if you knew about them. This story is about a most private and secret habit my father had, and the strange adventures it led us both into..."