> yes it helps :) not familiar with this book, would you recommend it? Yes, actually I would.
I heard the author talking about it on Fresh Air about 2 weeks ago. He's just released a book of autobiographical short stories and they were going over the subjects of his first two books (also autobiographical). the story is pretty interesting, set in the late 70s, his mother and father divorce after bitter late night battles. As his mother slowly goes crazy, Augusten is adopted by his mother's psychiatrist. He moves into their house, with the doctor's other "children (actual and adopted)", and has a homosexual relationship with a man more than twice his age (Augusten was 13 or 14 at the time). There's more, but I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. !_! Now, all that being said, the reason i decided to read the book was that Augusten himself described the tone of his book as a warm rememberance of a terrible childhood. His writing style relates his horrific life story in a way that people remember the good times. And strange as that may seem, he's dead-on. It really works. I get a real feeling of 'boy I'm glad it wasn't me,' while reading. And I have trouble putting it down. To paraphrase Happy Bunny, 'it makes me laugh and it makes me want to throw up a little bit.' Enjoy! (his second memoir is called 'Dry' - I've got it on request at our local library) -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140112 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
