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Rent A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir
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Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: MacMillan Audio
Published: Apr 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Retail Price: $29.95
Synopsis
Millions of listeners have been flat-out astonished, profoundly moved, and massively entertained by the writing of Augusten Burroughs. Now, with A Wolf At The Table-his first full-length memoir in five years-Augusten returns to his literary roots as one of the most famous memoirists of our time, yet he makes a quantum leap forward into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son. A Wolf At The Table is the story of Augusten's relationship with his father, John Robison, Sr., a man only briefly touched upon in Running With Scissors. Told with shocking honesty and penetrating insight, A Wolf At The Table is more than the companion volume to Running with Scissors-it's a story of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope.
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Reviews
OK, he had a miserable childhood and he clearly needed many hours on the psychotherapists couch to work through this and to move on with his life. But that does not make for a successful book. Perhaps being self-absorbed and narcissistic are inevitable ingredients of autobiography, but they are also attributes that make the reader/listener finally ask Why should I care? It appears that Augusten has succeeded in beating alcoholism and I admire him for that - and for being one gorgeously hot looking man - but I really hope that he can now begin to apply his considerable talents to things beyond his own pain.