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Huntington Woods resident Bob Schwartz
pens humorous book on family life.

BILL CARROLL
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before I go to the office. I
also find time to jog each day.
In fact, it all began with some
humorous essays I wrote for
Runners World magazine and
spread to writing about fami-
ly life for many parenting
magazines, plus humor
columns in newspapers from
time to time. But I also
devote some of my time to
community service projects
and charity work.

omedian David
Brenner says local
Jewish humor writer
Bob Schwartz's new book
"has limited appeal." But
Brenner quickly adds: "The
only readers whowill enjoy it
Father and author
are people who have children, Bob Schwartz:
who don't have children or
"Sometimes, it feels
who once `were children. I
like there are many
have three sons, so I really
more kids around" JN: In the book's tide, you
loved it — and it has helped
ask: "Would somebody
me make the decision to sell
please send me to my room!" Shouldn't
my children on e-Bay."
one of the kids be asking that?
Schwartz, who became friendly with
BS: Well, when I came home from the
Brenner because they share the same lit-
office one day, there was chaos every-
erary agent, has no thoughts of getting
where.
In fact, one of the kids already
rid of his three kids. That wouldn't be
had been sent to his room. To avoid the
nice because Father's Day is coming up
turmoil, and to get some peace and
Sunday, and, after all, the children are
quiet, I would have loved to have been
the stars of Schwartz's new book, Would
sent to my room. It struck me then as
Somebody Please Send Me to My Room! A
being a good book tide.
Hilarious Look at Family Life
(Glenbridge Publishing Ltd.; $22.95).
JN: Is all of the material in the book
It's not really laugh-out-loud humor,
new or is it a compilation of anecdotes
but readers will have a perpetual smile
covered in your essays and speaking
on their face as they go through this
engagements around the country?
funny account of the day-to-day lessons
BS: About half of the material is new I
of parenting and family life in general
— including all of the unexpected twists cover a real variety: newborns, being
clueless at the beginning of parenthood,
and turns.
loud
boom boxes, yoga class, sleep-over
Schwartz, 45, is a graduate of
parties,
camps, car-pooling, safety
Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School;
patrols,
ballet lessons, family vacations,
the University of Colorado, with a
outdoor activities in general, malls, pets,
degree in American studies; and the
birthday parties, music lessons, shop-
University of Oregon's law school. He
ping at Costco-type warehouse stores
and his wife, Robin, live in Huntington
and just a miscellaneous bunch of
Woods with their children, Adam, 16,
things.
Andrew, 14, and Amy, 7 — "although
sometimes, it feels like there are many
more kids around," he muses. The fami- JN: The only non-humorous page in
the book is the dedication page — to
ly belongs to Temple Emanu-El in Oak
your late father, Stanley Schwartz, who
Park.
also was an attorney.
Schwartz, who also is an author of
BS: Yes. He died last year at the age of
humorous books on running, the work-
74. He was an extraordinary influence
ing world and his views of extraterrestri-
on me and was instrumental in helping
al life, slowed down long enough to
me fashion my approach to fatherhood,
Jewish
answer these questions for the
writing
and humor. All of my proceeds
News:
from the sale of the book will be donat-
ed, in his name, to the Make-A-Wish
JN: As an attorney with the Southfield
Foundation.
law firm of Sommers Schwartz, you
must have your hands full with your
JN: What message do you want to
day job. How do you find time to
leave for the readers?
write, and how did you get started in
BS: I hope they just enjoy the humor
all this?
— and don't take things too seriously.
BS: As funny things happen with the
People should embrace the humor of
family, I jot down ideas. Then I get up
parenthood and the fun of family life.
very early each day and do my writing

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