Saturday, June 12, 2010
Book #44: A Wolf at the Table
Today I will be starting 'A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father' by Augusten Burroughs. This is the book club selection for my new book club which is meeting the end of June. In this story, Augusten talks about his memories of his father and the longing for unconditional love from a parent. I have read 'Running with Scissors' and liked it, although not nearly as much as I love all of Sedaris' books. I hope to be able to really enjoy this book without all the distractions of my life lately. I'm also looking forward to discussing it with some new book club friends.
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Oh honey, you need to START with "Running with Scissors" before this one to see where Augusten "came from" in his life... He is my favorite author/memoirist & am on my 4th of his books...still not having read this one yet.
ReplyDeleteHope it's still good, but I'd think you'd understand more if you read the other first...& "Dry."
Happy Reading! :)
I did read Running with Scissors. I liked it, but read that there was lots of controversy as to whether the story really happened. So far this book is really good. It's a pretty fast read. I don't really remember him mentioning his father in RWS, but it's been awhile since I read it. I will definitely plan on reading the rest of his books.
ReplyDeleteI just finished 'A wolf at the Table' and found it very depressing. Even though my parents never did any horrible like in this book, I can still relate on a level of not feeling like I was loved as much as other kids were. I am very jealous of people who have close relationships with their parents, because even as an adult, I still don't have that. That is one thing I hope to have with my children throughout their entire lives. Some of the things that his father did, or Augusten thought he did, were just terrible. It's so sad to read a story like this and realize that there are actually parents and families like this in our world.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I did gain from this story was that all people have a difference sense of what it means to be a parent or father. I think it his own way, Augusten's father did believe he was fulfilling his duties to his sons. Just so very sad.