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Augusten Burroughs
From the author of Running with Scissors comes a book about the most dysfunctional day of the year, Christmas. Shows how the holiday brings out the worst in us and…
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An advertising executive remembers his childhood with his eccentric foster family and his early adulthood experiences of trying to establish an independent life for himself.
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Tells the story of the author’s relationship with his tormented father: a man who sent his wife mad and saw his other son run away from home, prior to the…
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In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection, Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present as only he can.
Darkly funny and gleefully mean-spirited, an account of the greed and insanity of a fictional home shopping network
From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching… and just a little spooky.
Young, good-looking and raking in the cash as a successful advertising executive, Augusten has everything going for him…except for his drinking. DRY is his hilarious and moving account of coming…
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The film tie-in edition of a book that has become a bestseller in Australia and the USA.
The author of Sellevision 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, a pedophile’s life…
Lust & Wonder is a hilariously frank memoir that Augusten’s legions of fans have been waiting for. His story began in Running with Scissors, endured through Dry, and continues with…
If you’re fat and fail every diet, if you’re thin but can’t get thin enough, if you lose your job, if your child dies, if you are diagnosed with cancer…
This book was written in an era before trigger warnings. Sensitive readers please proceed with caution. --Love, Augusten.
From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry--a contagiously…
Jeremy Schreiber
Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world-athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, he shares his journey after he received a terrifying…
Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world–athletic, newly married, successful. And then he discovered he had ALS. In Never Say Invisible, he shares his journey as he battles this…
Chloe befriends a mischievous crow and they begin to swap presents every morning, but Chloe realizes some of Crow’s gifts for her are stolen items.
