New Releases by Augusten Burroughs

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.

From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky. "Here’s a partial list of things I don’t believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Life after death. Vampires. Zombies. Reiki. Homeopathy. Rolfing. Reflexology. Note that ''witches'' and ''witchcraft'' are absent from this list. The thing is, I wouldn’t believe in them, and I would privately ridicule any idiot who did, except for one thing: I am a witch." For as long as Augusten Burroughs could remember, he knew things he shouldn''t have known. He manifested things that shouldn''t have come to pass. And he told exactly no one about this, save one person: his mother. His mother reassured him that it was all perfectly normal, that he was descended from a long line of witches, going back to the days of the early American colonies. And that this family tree was filled with witches. It was a bond that he and his mother shared--until the day she left him in the care of her psychiatrist to be raised in his family (but that''s a whole other story). After that, Augusten was on his own. On his own to navigate the world of this tricky power; on his own to either use or misuse this gift. From the hilarious to the terrifying, Toil & Trouble is a chronicle of one man''s journey to understand himself, to reconcile the powers he can wield with things with which he is helpless. There are very few things that are coincidences, as you will learn in Toil & Trouble. Ghosts are real, trees can want to kill you, beavers are the spawn of Satan, houses are alive, and in the end, love is the most powerful magic of all.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a hilarious and ultimately tender, moving memoir

Après Courir avec des ciseaux, récit autobiographique de son adolescence, l''auteur récidive avec Déboire et nous livre le témoignage drôle et poignant de son combat contre l''alcoolisme. Augusten, autodidacte ambitieux et la vingtaine bien tapée, se trouve propulsé comme créatif dans l''univers impitoyable de la publicité à New York. Seulement voilà, toujours hanté par les démons de son passé, le jeune homme voue un amour immodéré à l''alcool sous tous ses dérivés. Une tare qui l''expulse illico de sa boîte de Pandore pour le catapulter dans un centre de désintoxication aussi gay qu''invraisemblable et tout bonnement décalé. ... Avec son style incomparable, un humour et une détresse touchants, Augusten Burroughs nous surprend une fois encore en nous offrant une nouvelle tranche de sa drôle de vie et une belle leçon de fraternité. "Augusten Burroughs est un surdoué des lettres" Elle

Roman autobiographique choc, Courir avec des ciseaux est le récit tragicomique d''une enfance et d''une adolescence hors norme, dans l''Amérique déjantée des années 1970. Dans l''ombre de parents psychotiques, Augusten rêve de gloire et de paillettes. Lorsque son psy devient son tuteur légal, une vie encore plus déjantée s''ouvre à lui, dans un foyer stupéfiant d''extravagance. Libre à chacun de mâchouiller des croquettes pour chiens devant la télé ou de jouer avec la machine à électrochocs. Le récit poignant et hilarant d''une enfance pas comme les autres. " Augusten Burroughs se raconte drôlement bien : le comique de la situation est répercuté de scène en scène, jusqu''à la fin, pour ombrager pudiquement le drame de la perte de l''enfance. " Le Matricule des Anges Traduit de l''anglais (États-Unis) par Christine Barbaste

The Tenth Anniversary Edition of the New York Times bestselling book that has sold over half a million copies in paperback. "I was addicted to "Bewitched" as a kid. I worshipped Darren Stevens the First. When he''d come home from work and Samantha would say, ‘Darren, would you like me to fix you a drink?'' He''d always rest his briefcase on the table below the mirror in the foyer, wipe his forehead with a monogrammed handkerchief and say, ‘Better make it a double.''" (from Chapter Two) You may not know it, but you''ve met Augusten Burroughs. You''ve seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twentysomething guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. Ordinary. But when the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. At the request (well, it wasn''t really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr. are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click and that''s when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life—and live it sober. What follows is a memoir that''s as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is true. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power.

From the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" comes a groundbreaking book that explores how to survive the "un-survivable" and will challenge the conventional notion of self-help books.

From the number-one bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry comes TAKE FIVE, a mini collection of true stories that give voice to the thoughts that we all have but dare not mention—stories that shine a flashlight into both dark and hilarious places. TAKE FIVE includes the following four favorite previously-published essays plus one brand-new, never-been-published essay by Augusten Burroughs: --MINT THRESHOLD --UNCLEAR SAILING --COMMERICAL BREAK --DEBBIE''S REQUIREMENTS --SWAN SONG (new!)

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. You''ve eaten too much candy at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-foot stuffed 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.

Augusten, el chico aquel de Recortes de mi vida, el hijo de la poeta demente y el torvo profesor de filosofía, al que su madre abandonó en cuerpo y psique en manos del doctor Finch y de su excéntrica familia extensa –mujer oficial, mujeres no oficiales, h

The author traces the story of his relationship with his father, in a psychologically charged tale that evaluates such themes as the line between love and hate and a child''s longing for unconditional love.

Depuis l''enfance, la vie d''Augusten flirte avec des sommets tragi-comiques. De sa minute de gloire manquée dans un spot publicitaire pour la boisson Tang à la conviction terrible et ridicule d''avoir été adopté, ses premiers déboires ont tôt fait de le rendre alcoolique. Et lorsqu''il tourne le dos aux frasques d''antan, s''il rencontre l''amour et le succès, ce n''est certainement pas le fruit du hasard. Non, rien n''est fortuit. Il y a tant de choses qu''Augusten contrôle par la seule force de son esprit... Avec un humour acide teinté de tendresse, Augusten Burroughs se met en scène dans une série d''aventures aussi impossibles que vraies. Loin de tracer un destin d''exception, il éclaire d''un jour loufoque des secrets parfaitement universels et se moque de nous autant que de lui-même. Aussi terrifiant de réalisme qu''hilarant.

Explores the most personal, mirthful, disturbing and cherished times of our lives in essay form.

This is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. The doctor''s bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules, there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock therapy machine under the stairs. It is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny, but above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy''s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.

The author 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 and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers.

From the number-one bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry comes Augusten Burroughs''s most eagerly anticipated collection yet: true stories that give voice to the thoughts that we all have but dare not mention. It begins with a Tang Instant-Breakfast Drink television commercial: "Yes, you, Augusten. You were great. We want you." I can now trace my manic adult tendencies to this moment. It was the first time I felt deeply thrilled about something just a fraction of an instant after being completely crushed. I believe those three words "We want you" were enough to cause my brain to rewire itself, and from then on, I would require more than other people....- from Magical Thinking''s "Commercial Break" A contest of wills with a deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. A different kind of "roof work." Dating an undertaker who shows up in a minivan. This is the fabric of Augusten Burroughs''s life: a collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal yet unabashedly intimate, stories that shine a flashlight into both dark and hilarious places. With Magical Thinking, Augusten Burroughs goes where other memoirists fear to tread.

The hilarious first novel by the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors, Dry, A Wolf at the Table, and You Better Not Cry, Sellevision is Augusten Burrough''s darkly funny and vastly entertaining skewering of a very troubled home-shopping channel. Welcome to the world of Sellevision, America''s premier retail broadcasting network. When Max Andrews, the much loved and handsome (that is, lonely and gay) host of a "Toys for Tots" segment, accidentally exposes himself in front of millions of kids, Sellevision faces its first big scandal. As Max struggles to find a new job in television, the popular and perky host Peggy Jean Smythe is receiving sinister emails from a stalker. Popping pills and drinking heavily, she fails to notice that her husband is spending a lot of time with the young babysitter who lives next door. Then there''s Leigh, whose affair with married Sellevision boss Howard Toast is going nowhere until she announces their relationship on air. A blistering satire of our overcharged, scandal-obsessed world, Sellevision is "an absolute howl . . . wicked fun" (New York Daily News).