Quiet! Mommy's Asleep! (Family Circus)

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Summary: Another celebrity murder scandal book?
Review: I can hardly wait for the TV movie.

Bil Keane bares his soul and tells in pictures and words of the tragic day he decided to take revenge on his wife Thel for an imagined affair she had had with Beetle Bailey. The shock of his recounting how he carried out his plans of vengeance under the very noses of his young children, never letting them suspect for a moment that Mommy was not taking a long nap in the other room, but being carried out of the house piece by piece in Daddy's briefcase.

This tortured soul's memoir finds a place of final forgiveness at the end, and while Keane serves out his life sentence for his heinous crimes, I understand that the proceeds from this book go support victims of domestic violence. May we all learn a lesson from this great tragedy.

Rating:
Summary: Typical Family Circus
Review: While getting herself checked out in a VD clinic, Thel meets a girlfriend she was in love with during grade school. They go back to Thel's house, and an approving Daddy guards the bedroom door. Naturally, Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, PJ, and Grandma are curious, so Daddy has to come up with some excuse. There is an unpleasant subplot involving a can of whipped cream and a couple of nuns, but other than this, the usual Keane perversion dominates. (...)