"The Jake Chronicles" is a mother's retelling of her charismatic toddler's many escapades. This story will resonate with anyone who loves children and who can appreciate the sarcasm. Self-deprecating humor accompanies the hilarity of a young boy, reminiscent of Judy Blume's Fudge, Hank Ketchum's Dennis the Menace, and Bill Watterson's Calvin of Calvin and Hobbs. After losing her high-powered, six-figure dream of a career in the 2008 recession, first time author Heather Fallon was immediately thrust into the role of stay-at-home-Mom to her uniquely challenging three-year-old son, Jake. Fallon channeled her depression into documenting the daily hijinks of a toddler like none other, a little boy with the charisma to light up a cavern, gifted with the skill to negotiate as if he were filibustering on the floor of the Senate, and an obsession with all things fecal. A child with more nicknames than boats in a marina, he became obsessed with pirates at the age of two, and thusly named himself Captain Jake Sparrow. You will laugh, you will snort, you will tell your friends, but more than anything else, you will fall in love with Jake, as seen through the lovingly sarcastic lens of his mother's words.
