Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir | 
so-soI picked this book up many years ago, because i thought the title was cool. Its nothing like what i expected. The title is how the authors father explains how he feels spending another night on the streets, but the story is really about how the writer struggles with the actions of his dad. Homelessness, alcoholism, violence, death, drugs, kindness, love, its all in this memoir and its told in a genuine heartfelt way.
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1. Roxane Gay. How have I missed this woman for so long.
2. For 2020 tagged. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
3. Learning about new cultures
Well, this should be interesting.
Every year for the past almost 20 years, my spouse has gotten me library books from my TBR for Christmas. He hides them around the room for the kids to find and give to me, so it's a family affair. Here's the stack from this year. I'm so excited for so many of these, I don't know where to start!
A memoir of this poet's reunion with his father at a homeless #shelter in Boston. He was a social worker there, and his father was a resident. #letstravelaugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
#BecausetheNight | Nick Flynn was a homeless shelter social worker in 1980s Boston. It was there he discovered his estranged, alcoholic, conman father. I‘ve never seen the film (Being Flynn) based on this, but it‘s a fantastic memoir.
#marchintothe70s
📷: David P Henry
🔹Going to NY with one of my best friends to see Frozen and Anastasia on Broadway!!
🔹yeah....it‘s been a week haha
🔹London!!
🔹Sloth al the way.
🔹87...but probably with a ton of humidity. Happy to be heading further north!
#friyayintro
pick“Even a life raft is only supposed to get you from the sinking ship back to land, you were never intended to live in the life raft, to drift years on end, in sight of land but never close enough.”
This was a #reread via #audio. The memoir is as good, maybe better, than I remembered, but I wasn‘t a huge fan of Scott Brick‘s narration. I much prefer the print version and the original title (as ridiculous as it sounds). It just fits better.
I‘m still pretty new to #audio and not yet familiar with any well-known narrators. So anyway, I loved this book in print and I‘m rereading it via audio, but I‘m not digging the narration. I googled the guy and he‘s narrated over 800 books, so it‘s obviously just me. 🙃 Are you guys Scott Brick fans? Maybe he‘ll grow on me?
#recommendsday: This is an excellently written memoir about a social worker (and aspiring writer) who crosses paths with his estranged father while working in a Boston homeless shelter.
pickGreat book. Wow. One of the best memoirs I've ever read. Flynn's experience working in a homeless shelter is fascinating.
Just finished reading this for class. I like the way he played with time.
So I totally just got this memoir because of the title, but it sounds so intriguing that I am okay with that.
