In a full circle moment, Vivien Mansbach, the California toddler who inspired the bestselling book “Go the F— to Sleep” is headed off to college and is once again the subject of her father’s latest novel.
Adam Mansbach, who wrote the lighthearted children’s book in 2011 about his daughter’s inability to go to bed when she was three, is out with a new book titled “Go the F— to College.”
“He’s sort of roasting me a little bit, or roasting teenagers in general,” Vivien told The Oaklandside. “But it’s cool to have more of a personality in this book, even if it’s meant to be a one-size-fits-all teenager.
“I’m more of a character than when I was two years old.”
Vivien, who is now 18, told the outlet she didn’t get emotional until she saw the illustrations for her dad’s latest book and how he described what will soon be a “lifeless house.”
“That is sad, but then it’s not that sad because he says it’s lifeless because there’s ‘nothing to fill the time we spent and cleaning up your f—ing mess,’” Vivien said.
Viven plans on leaving Northern California to attend Bard College in Annandale–on-Hudson, New York, the outlet reported.
This is Adam’s fourth book in the series and caps a saga that he started when Vivien was just three.
She said her father’s writing style mimics how they show love and affection to each other — through humor and silly or ironic ways.
“It’s nice to recognize the sweet undertones of those books, even though they’re full of profanity and jokes,” Vivien told the outlet aboutof the popular series. “I could always recognize the love coming through.”
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