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- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Number of Pages: 224
- ISBN: 0312341911
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113398413
- Release Date: October 27, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #324 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #28 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #6 in Presidents & Heads of State (See Top 100 Presidents & Heads of State Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Augusten Burroughs (Author)Run a Quick Search on "You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas" by Augusten Burroughs to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas"Browse more products related to "Augusten Burroughs"Review"The high priest of mortifying disaster serves up a fine selection of cringe-inducing yuletide fiascos....Another winner from a master of comic timing and poignant reflection." (starred review) "[A] welcome antidote to standard holiday treacle..." Publisher's noteA volume of holiday tales by the best-selling author of Running with Scissors celebrates his best and worst Christmas seasons, marked by such memories as a six-foot stuffed Santa, a gingerbread tenement, and awakening with a hangover beside Kris Kringle. 500,000 first printing. A volume of holiday tales by the best-selling author of Running with Scissors celebrates his best and worst Christmas seasons, marked by such memories as a six-foot stuffed Santa, a gingerbread tenement, and awakening with a hangover beside Kris Kringle. 500,000 first printing. AnnotationYou've eaten too much candy at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses...but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You've woken up with a hangover...but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and present--as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, Augusten shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best. Christmas seems to be a catalyst for family insanity, and few people have a family as crazy as Augusten Burroughs's bunch. With his typical bitter wit and acid candor, Burroughs shares some of his most memorable Christmas moments, such as the time he passionately sucked the face off of a disturbingly attractive wax Santa Claus and how he once gave his parents permission to kill each other after being dissatisfied with their gifts to him. True to the spirit of the season, Burroughs also displays a welcome ability to find treasured moments amidst the yuletide turmoil, as he poignantly reminisces about sharing a last holiday with his AIDS-afflicted lover and recalls a moment of transcendence he experienced while being serenaded with Christmas carols by a homeless woman. If You Enjoy "You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:
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