Henry Loves Jazz The Diary of a Reluctant Father

HENRY LOVES JAZZ is a humorous account of what happens in a family when a first-born child comes home. Told from a father's perspective, this is a fly-on-the-wall look at sleepless nights, exploding eco-nappies, celebrity chef cookbooks, black jellybeans and giant Mexican tarantulas. HENRY LOVES JAZZ is the author's journey from a childless existence to the dagdom of parenthood. Along the way, he questions everything he knows about his own upbringing and his relationship with his parents and his long-suffering wife. Throughout the journey, Lacey discovers a flair for cooking and the joys of supermarket shopping. He also discovers a love so deep he can't see the bottom.

Stephen Lacey is a writer who has contributed to Good Weekend magazine, the Sunday Magazine, the Sunday Telegraph, and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is the author of Sandstone, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and The Tin Moon.