Now, I know we are reading Possible Side Effects...but here's the thing. I love the book we are reading so much I was just taking a quick look to see what else he has coming out...and I read these two GREAT reviews on Wolf at the Table....chilling and true....
Burroughs' 'Wolf at the Table' memoir is a serious departure...In 2002, Burroughs became the memoir "it" boy with his hilarious yet heartbreaking Running With Scissors...But this memoir is not at all funny. It's a moving depiction of fear and powerlessness from a child's point of view...In A Wolf at the Table, Burroughs paints a portrait of his father as a rage-filled alcoholic with a personality disorder. His health was poor. And his marriage to Augusten's mother was a nightmare of screaming and physical violence...But the most compelling aspect of Wolf is the way that Burroughs has left behind the campy humor of Running With Scissors. This is a serious book by a grown-up writer."- Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY
"Augusten Burroughs's much-anticipated new memoir begins with a chase. In a gripping prologue, we are alongside the pajama-clad 10-year-old as he races barefoot through the woods near his family's Massachusetts home, his enraged, alcoholic monster of a father at his heels...This scene, shocking and terrifyingly thrilling, hooks the reader immediately. It promises that Burroughs is about to take us on another rapid-fire, acerbic, so-horrible-it's-hilarious ride of our lives, the kind we've taken with him in both "Running With Scissors" and "Dry." Yet this is not that Burroughs...Burroughs is doing something new here: ripping the scabs off emotional wounds without his usual acidic humor to deaden the pain...Still, Burroughs retains his capacity to move the reader: There is gorgeous writing on every page...Clearly, this was not an easy tale to tell. "
I got pins and needles just reading the reviews...I can only imagine the reading the novel itself!
Nicole
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Nicole, we were thinking about reading this novel. It is only a hardcover novel at this time, so we are waiting...
I hope that we all have a chance to read this book because it sounds so wonderful. Thanks for the post.
~Erika
Thanks Nicole! I definitely want to read this book! I just didn't want to pay hard cover prices for it, but Erika mentioned that it is not that expensive on Amazon.
I recommend reading "Dry" as well. The movie "Running with Scissors" is awesome. I saw the movie first, then read the book. For once, I thought the movie was just as good. Annette Benning stars as his mother and she is striking as always.
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