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The Long Journey Home: A Memoir (2011)

by Margaret Robison(Favorite Author)

2.74 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

140006869X (ISBN13: 9781400068692)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Spiegel & Grau

review 1: I looked forward to reading this book, hoping to get a better understanding of the mother Augusten Burroughs described in his books, but was sorely disappointed. There were a few interesting segments of her life, but most of her stories were boring and irrelevant- like she was trying to explain her "crazy" but couldn't. "Running With Scissors" may be mostly fiction, according to Miss Robison, but it was an easier and more enjoyable read.
review 2: "The Long Journey Home" by the mother of Augusten Burroughs was more of an autobiography than a memoir and definitely seemed like an answer to her son's writings. It was a dry run-through of a troubled life and, in my opinion, would never have been published if it wasn't for "Running With Scissors." The writing was ju... morembled and fractured. Mostly disturbing was how anyone could remember the exact details of drugged breakdowns, which made it seem contrived. less

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