A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
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As a small boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we’d ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this one never left me. And sometimes I wasn’t altogether sure about one thing: was it just a dream?”
When Augusten Burroughs was tiny, his father was a dark presence in his life: a form on the stairs, a cough from the basement, a silent figure smoking a cigarette in the dark. As Augusten grew older, something sinister within his father started to unfurl. Something dark and secretive that could not be named.
Treachery after shocking treachery ensued, and Augusten’s childhood was over. The kind of father he wanted didn’t exist for him. This father was distant, aloof, uninterested
And then the games” started.
With A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs makes a quantum leap into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between like and despise, the horrendously terrifying relationship between father and son. Told with sweltering honesty and penetrating insight, it is a tale for anyone who has ever longed for unconditional like from a parent. Though upsetting and brutal, A Wolf at the Table will ultimately place you buoyed with the profound joy of simply being alive. It’s a memoir of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope.
Amazon Significant Seven, April 2008: When I ongoing reading A Wolf at the Table, I thought I knew what to expect. Augusten Burroughs captures intense experience with an inexplicably cool remove, imparting a stillness and purity to emotions that would likely run amok in anyone else’s hands. I like this quality of his writing, and it’s present in full force in this memoir of a childhood spent in thrall to a predatory and deeply unpredictable father. What I wasn’t prepared for was the suspense–the dread-filled, nearly sonorous waiting for the worst to take place. An cunning sort of bait-and-switch happens in the telling: Burroughs brings you to the brink of a terrible catharsis more than once, but the break in tension never comes. It is very much sad, remarkably tender, and fueled by a sense of like and reverence that only a child knows. –Anne Bartholomew
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It was one thing when the guy wrote ONE book, but now he continues to drone on and on about his family tree. How about just getting over it? Stop using your family tree and their shortcomings for profit? This guy is a loser and I wouldn’t waste your money on his books. Once you’ve read one, you’ve pretty much covered everything.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I thought this book was horrible. This seemed to be a father that was physically sick, with a drinking problem and a sick wife that was harassed relentlessly by an irritating kid. Most of the issues seemed innocent. If this was written by a child for a child, maybe. This was an adult writing a tale that was really rather tame and silly.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I’ve never read any of Augusten Burroughs’ books, but the title caught my attention. It was fantastic! I could tell with his childhood of a father that’s permanently too busy, and the disfunctionality of the family tree. Augusteen is a very confused boy, and he tooke me to his childhood journey, made me laugh, made me weep, and made me remembe my own childhood. I reflect I’ll call my dad today and tell him I like him! “Very much I like you”
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This book brings back memories of my childhood, a wolf at the table? nicely said. And Mr Instability is a hilarious memoir.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
About: Burroughs writes about his relationship (and lack thereof) with his father
Review: Engaging and well-written, this book is reasonably a bit darker and more depressing than Burroughs’ Running with Scissors
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5