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The dog, a beloved retriever named Harry, succumbed to illness but McGrory found himself a new family with Pam, her two daughters, dogs, rabbits, and Buddy, a very territorial rooster. Buddy, a pampered fluffy chick who was expected to turn into a quiet broody hen instead became a large white and red monster with an ear-piercing cry and McGrory's nemesis. The book isn't just about the rooster, it's more about a single writer's evolution into a family man.

But shaggy, friendly dogs are angels compared to a rooster with a vendetta. McGrory finds himself at war with the rooster that the women in his family adore and call Boo-Boo.

Eventually of course the author learns to make peace both with the rooster and with his new role as suburban stepdad in this sweet little family tale. Mar 25, Dianne Fallon rated it it was amazing Shelves: non-fiction-memoir. I knew that I wanted to read this book as soon as I saw a brief excerpt in the Boston Globe.

I went to high school with the author, Brian McGrory, who is now the editor of the Globe.

Buddy : how a rooster made me a family man

Brian always had a wry understated sense of humor and was a terrific writer. I was curious to read about his adult life and his conflicts with the rooster as he adapts from man-about-town city bachelor to suburban dweller with the love-of-his life, a veterinarian, and her two animal-crazed daughters to whom Buddy b I knew that I wanted to read this book as soon as I saw a brief excerpt in the Boston Globe.

I was curious to read about his adult life and his conflicts with the rooster as he adapts from man-about-town city bachelor to suburban dweller with the love-of-his life, a veterinarian, and her two animal-crazed daughters to whom Buddy belongs. I loved this book -- it is a fast, light read and I often found myself laughing out loud at Brian's many wry observations about suburbia vs the city, modern parenting, and the "lifestyles" of today's suburban children.

The writing is honest and true and I enjoyed learning about Brian's life in the many years since I knew him at Weymouth North High School and about his perceptions of growing up in Weymouth. In a couple of reader reviews, I have seen the author characterized as "arrogant", but I think that characterization is a huge misread. Brian writes in a very subtle self-effacing style and both pokes fun at himself and at the culture around him. Again, this book is great fun and I highly recommend it! Jan 09, Kasandra rated it it was ok. The best part of this book is actually about the author's first dog, Harry.

That part made me feel all warm and squishy inside, and then made me cry. The rest of it? Not badly written, but no amount of clever writing shores up his assertion that giving up an independent city life for the suburbs and married step-parenthood and living with a crazy, loud rooster was worth it.

The excesses of spending on suburban kids and their parties is detailed here in all its disgusting glory. I ended this bo The best part of this book is actually about the author's first dog, Harry.

I ended this book feeling like McGrory was had. His wife sounds great, and I'm sure her kids are sweet, but this story will become quickly cloying to anyone who doesn't like or want children, who doesn't enjoy spending time around them, and who loathes the suburbs and their particular brand of hell. I'm not sure the rooster "made" McGrory a family man, so much as aging did, along with choosing a partner who already had children and pets. What choice did he have, since he loves her? The rooster was just along for the ride. And he gets his very own rooster house out of the bargain, also kind of disgusting when you think about the money spent on it.

Overall, this left me with a strong sense of distaste. McGrory can certainly write, but this just wasn't my cup of tea. Jan 13, Lisa rated it liked it. I must confess, my favorite sections of the book dealt with Harry the late golden retriever - Buddy the rooster, not so much. Brian obviously loved living in the city, but moved to accomodate his new family.

He seemed like he was trying to convince himself that he'd done the right thing. I'm thinking he should have kept his condo The whole "American Girl" incident just made me mad - the girls want to stay home with their mother, so he had to go to the mall days after Christmas, and purchase hun I must confess, my favorite sections of the book dealt with Harry the late golden retriever - Buddy the rooster, not so much. I'm thinking he should have kept his condo The whole "American Girl" incident just made me mad - the girls want to stay home with their mother, so he had to go to the mall days after Christmas, and purchase hundreded of dollars in new toys.

Then the kids say "thank you Mommy" - I don't know, maybe he wanted to portray them as spoiled brats? I am thoroughly surprised by the relatively high average rating that has been given to what basically amounts to a self-indulgent, narcissistic rant that uses the novel concept of a chicken pet to bait the hook. Any curve balls in there? How about a llama? Oh, a chicken!

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Sep 16, Rebecca Pierzchala rated it it was ok. McGrory is so in love with himself, it's a wonder he got not one, but two women to marry him. While his dog Harry adored him, Buddy the rooster had the better sense to see him for who he really was. Unimpressed with this book, or at least with McGrory himself. If I could give this one and a half stars, I would.

Overall, I enjoyed it. The author was funny and it stirred my own feelings about wanting pets throughout my life. McGrory is one hell of a smart ass with his clever and hilarious writing style.

I got many a laugh out of this one. Aug 19, Michelle Boyer-Kelly rated it really liked it Shelves: randomly-picked , autobiography , nonfiction , agriculture , journalism. If you've never fully loved an animal any animal then it is going to be hard for you to understand this book, considering at its core it is indeed about how animals shape and change our lives. As an avid chicken lover and breeder working with the American Poultry Association and American Bantam Association, alongside other breed clubs I had to pick this book up when I saw it on a shelf at the library.

How can you resist a book about a rooster which in my profession is a cockerel if it is un If you've never fully loved an animal any animal then it is going to be hard for you to understand this book, considering at its core it is indeed about how animals shape and change our lives. How can you resist a book about a rooster which in my profession is a cockerel if it is under a year old, and a cock once it reaches a year or older. This autobiography begins with McGrory discussing his dog, Harry, thus leading some previous reviewers to feel a bit betrayed since they thought they were only getting a story about Buddy the Rooster.

But let me assure you, it is important to understand how Harry shaped McGrory's life and changed it. Later, he will indeed compare Harry to Buddy, and for those that have lived with dogs and chickens--you'll know that his comparisons have some truth to them. Buddy is a Cornish Broiler Cross a cross of a Cornish and a Plymouth Rock that results in a fast-growing broiler breed, designed to be butchered and eaten at 6-weeks-old that enters McGrory's life when his step-daughter brings a chick home.

The chick was part of a science fair experiment and of course, the chick has to find a home somewhere. McGrory's wife, Pam, is a vet and ends up letting the family keep the bird. This is much to McGrory's distress, and he becomes even more stressed when Buddy ends up becoming a rooster that attacks him. My two initial problems here: 1 The bird pictured on the cover is actually a white Wyandotte--a very different breed in comparison to a Cornish Broiler, just for the record.

You can vent sex them when they're born.

You can feel for pelvic variances males have narrow pelvic bones because they don't need to pass an egg. Their entire facial structure is different compared to a hen. Males have pointed hackle and saddle neck and lower back feathers. This bird could have been easily identified long before the family did. These small issues aside, Buddy teaches McGrory about family and love. Even though McGrory really doesn't like the rooster and would rather Buddy go to a farm, Pam and her daughters do not want to part with him. Many other reviewers believe that McGrory is spineless and lets the women of this book walk all over him.

I agree when it comes to instances where the children demand expensive toys American Girl Dolls that they're too lazy to even go get with him at the store , or when they cut into his personal time don't let him watch sports on the main television , etc. The one area where I think McGrory really learns about commitment is regarding Pam and the girls' desire to keep Buddy. They do jump through hurdles and go through leaps and bend over backwards to keep Buddy with them. But through this, McGrory begins to understand that one of the reasons Buddy is so content is because he knows his place in the family.

And through this, he helps McGrory understand his place in the world and in his new family. There are some very sad moments here--if you've ever lost any pet, you know that their deaths can really mess you up. At the same time, you also know that for all the time they're with us, they change our lives.

They make our lives worth living. Overall, I really enjoyed this piece. It isn't a 'perfect' memoir and it certainly isn't all about the rooster--be prepared to learn about McGrory. Yet I wasn't disappointed because in the end, Buddy did his job. Oct 02, Mary rated it liked it Shelves: non-fiction , memoir , parenting. An engaging tale of a blended family ruled by a cantankerous rooster.

Although Brian can be a bit self-involved, I am very interested in knowing how things turned out.

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Is the family still together? So many questions!

Feb 13, Janine Graves rated it did not like it. As most everyone else has said, the most engaging part of this book is when the author describes his relationship with Harry, his Golden Retriever. I did love that part of the book, but it only serves the purpose of a springboard to how he met his manipulative second wife, the Golden's veterinarian, and her atrociously spoiled rotten offspring.

It went completely downhill from there. As a women who has a blended family, where my husband and I have 5 children combined from our first marriages and a As most everyone else has said, the most engaging part of this book is when the author describes his relationship with Harry, his Golden Retriever. As a women who has a blended family, where my husband and I have 5 children combined from our first marriages and a child shared, I was absolutely appalled that a woman of Pam's apparent intelligence could be so one sided in her relationship with Brian, and allow her girls free reign to obtain anything and everything they wanted under the guise of "OH, SO WOE ARE WE MOM.

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