This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More, for Young and Old Alike - Couverture rigide

Burroughs, Augusten

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ISBN 10 : 0312563558 ISBN 13 : 9780312563554

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2012

Synopsis

To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual life is an understatement. From having no formal education past third grade and being raised by his mother's psychiatrist in the seventies to enjoying one of the most successful advertising careers of the eighties to experiencing a spectacular downfall and rehab stint in the nineties to having a number one bestselling writing career in the new millennium, Burroughs has faced humiliation, transformation and everything in between. "This Is How" is his no-holds-barred book of advice on topics as varied as: How to feel like crap, How to ride an elevator, How to be thin, How to be fat, How to find love, How to feel sorry for yourself, How to get the job, How to end your life, How to remain unhealed, How to finish your drink, How to regret as little as possible...and much more. Told with Burroughs' unique voice, black humour, and in-your-face advice, "This is How" is Running With Scissors - with recipes.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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, if you always end up with exactly the wrong kind of person, if you always end up alone, if you can't get over the past, if your parents are insane and ruining your life, if you really and truly wish you were dead, if you feel like it's your destiny to be a star, if you believe life has a grudge against you, if you don't want to have sex with your spouse and don't know why, if you feel so ashamed, if you're lost in your life, if you have ever wondered, How am I supposed to survive this? This is how.

Revue de presse

The last self-help book you'll ever read.--Janice Harper, The Huffington Post. Hilarious and searingly straight forward...Burroughs turns the self-help genre upside-down.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)Fans of the author's massively popular confessional memoirs will likely agree with that statement, and all of the wisdom he dispenses in his new book -- delivered with the dark, acidic humor we've come to expect -- is certainly well-earned.--The Boston Globe --Various

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312563558
• ISBN 13: 9780312563554
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible