Video made for english. A Wolf at the Table was nominated for the 2009 Audie Audiobook of the year and was an AudioFile Best Auidobook. Read by the author, it features music by PATTI SMITH, INGRID MICHAELSON, SEA WOLF, and TEGAN QUIN. Augusten Burroughs. With A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs makes a quantum leap into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son. Told with scorching honesty and penetrating insight, it is a story for anyone who has ever longed for unconditional love from a parent. Burroughs had a difficult upbringing, but Wolf at the Table paints a fairly balanced portrait of his father and of Burroughs' childhood wants that weren't fulfilled and of some of the potential reasons why Burroughs' father's upbringing may have contributed to a brilliant professor who was not able to demonstrate love for his family.
Media Reviews
'After many pages of invective, not all of which seems warranted, the author finally demonstrates some perspective, writing, 'All he was guilty of was not wanting me.' A deeply felt personal essay padded to book length.' - Kirkus Reviews.
'Starred Review. Avoiding self-pity, Burroughs paints his father with unwavering honesty, forcing the reader to confront, as he did, a man who even on his deathbed, refused his son a hint of affection. His father missed so much, Burroughs muses, not knowing his son. Luckily, Burroughs does not deny the reader such an enormous pleasure.' - Publishers Weekly.
'[Burroughs] remains a writer with a large and loyal following, a fluent and funny storyteller whenever he actually has stories to tell. Maybe those stories needn't be so personal. Maybe his range can expand beyond tales of dysfunction. And maybe some thoughts belong on the page more than others do.' - New York Times, Janet Maslin.
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