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I really don't know how I feel about this book. It's a memoir partially of Gold becoming an adult, but moreso of Gold coming through his kind of fucked up relationship with his mother, who has probably more than one undiagnosed mental condition. Sometimes it's compelling, but mostly it's like one, big self-therapy session. Still, I think people who have difficult relationships with their parents might find solace here.

Brilliant.

Woohoo! Finally have this memoir from the author of "Carter Beats the Devil" thanks to a Christmas gift card. The endpapers are covered with intriguing references to the content, like "lolly is a slut" and "story yeast". Excited to get started!

A fascinating memoir that had me enthralled from first page to last. It is at times bleakly humorous, at others disturbing and heart rending. It documents the relationship between the author and his mother & his negotiation of that and his dysfunctional upbringing. As a mother myself I was torn between horror at the mother's behaviour & pity as I learnt more about her damaged psyche. The writing is incredible, powerful, profound and moving. TW!!!

I wasn‘t sure what to expect with this biography, I‘ve never read any of his books and after reading this book, I‘m surprised he made it. It‘s a poignant look at an only child whose parents divorced when he was fairly young and it wasn‘t pretty. He was in a constant state of flux. He felt like a boarder with his dad‘s new family and his mom had issues that made him grow up fast. He‘s a fantastic storyteller, I found myself LOL several times.