Nigel Marsh is a stressed overweight mortgage slave struggling to balance a high pressure career, a marriage and the demands of four small children under eight.
When the unthinkable happens, he loses his job.
His story is a rare gem, a highly entertaining thought provoking and inspiring memoir about falling off a hamster wheel and surviving.
After the initial shock of losing his job, Nigel decides to embrace life outside the office and spend a year taking stock. What follows is a candid and often hilarious account of how he attempts to master the art of hand on parenting, lose 20 kilos, train for an ocean swimmng race and come to terms with the growing realisation that he's an alcoholic.
Along the way we discover what men (or this man) really thinks about sex in marriage, being good dads, work, love, football, family, religion, self help books and sharks, just for starters.