THEY USED TO MAKE THAT FROM WOOD

Tillmann Prüfer is in his mid-30s, and wants to offer his daughters the kind of childhood he experienced himself, with BMX bikes, night-time excursions, building sailing boats, camp fires, the Muppet Show, Scalextric. Is there a better reason for becoming a father than to get all your old stuff down from the attic? Prüfer battles against youth workers, teachers and his wife – as well as his own kids. Because they blankly refuse to play along with Dad’s plan to give them a perfect childhood ...

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 01.08.2012
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-62960-0
  • 304 Pages
  • Author: Tillmann Prüfer

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Tillmann Prüfer

Tillmann Prüfer was born in 1974. He heads the style section of Zeit Magazin and is on its editorial board. He has received many awards during his career in journalism and has written several successful books. He lives with his family in Berlin.