When his dysfunctional family sent Augusten Burroughs away to be raised in the home of his mother's therapist, he became part of an even more dysfunctional and unusual family dynamic. In this bestseller, which has become a classic of the wackier side of memoir literature, Burroughs doesn't flinch at any grotesquerie or atrocity, recording it all- ...
The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" delves into new territory with his most personal and unexpected memoir yet. "A Wolf at the Table" is the story of Burroughs' relationship with his father, his stunning psychological cruelty, and the redemptive power of hope.
Augusten Burroughs continues his series of memoirs with this wild collection of stories. Here Burroughs confesses to various outrageous thoughts, including his desire to murder his cleaning lady and an obsession with becoming a transsexual.
From the bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" comes his most provocative collection of true stories yet. Readers should be forewarned and read the label: hilarious, troubling, and shocking results might occur.
This satire revolves around Sellevision, a hot shopping channel, and the odd cast of characters who work for it, buy from it, and become involved with each other.
Augusten Burroughs, the writer who memorialized his traumatic childhood in RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, returns to do the same with his alcoholism, which he tries to deal with by checking himself into a gay rehab clinic in Minnesota. Burroughs's memoir is a humorous account of that experience, and of his lifelong struggles with (and love for) the bottle.
The author describes his bizarre coming-of-age years after his adoption by his mother's psychiatrist, during which he witnessed such misadventures as a fake suicide attempt and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers.
With unconventional wit and a wonderfully weird way of looking at things, Burroughs, author of "Running with Scissors, " chronicles his life on the edge after leaving his deeply eccentric foster family. "Dry" is at times howlingly funny, devastatingly moving and, in the end, uplifting.
You've eaten too much candy at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses...but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You've woken up with a hangover...but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, ...
In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection, Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present as only he can. With gimlet-eyed wit and illuminated prose, the author shows how the holidays bring out the worst--and sometimes the very best--in people.
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