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This Is How (2012) (edit title/settings)

Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike

by Augusten Burroughs (Author) (edit contributors)

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book that explores how to survive the "un-survivable" and will challenge your notion of self-help books To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual life is an understatement. From... read more

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“In our superpositive society, we have an unspoken zero-tolerance policy for negativity. Beneath the catchall of negativity is basically everything that isn't superpositive.”
“The truth is humbling, terrifying, and often exhilarating. It blows the doors off the hinges and fills the world with fresh air.”

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Several years ago when the relationship I assumed was both nearly perfect and my last turned out to be neither and ended car-off-cliff style, I experienced an unexpected and profound personal awakening.

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How to Ride an Elevator
How to Feel Like Shit
How to Find Love
How to Be Fat
How to Be Thin
How to Feel Sorry for Yourself
How to Be Confident
How to Fail
How to Get the Job
How to Shatter Shame
How to See the Truth Behind the Truth
How to End Your Life
How to Remain Unhealed
Why Having It All Is Not
How to Get Over Your Addiction to the Past
How to Be a Good Mental Patient
How to Make Yourself Uncomfortable (and Why You Should)
How to Finish Your Drink
How to Hold on to Your Dream or Maybe Not
How to Identify Love by KNowing What It's Not
How to Live Unhappily Ever After
How to Feel Less Regret
How to Stop Being Afraid of Your Anger
How to Be Sick
How to Lose Someone You Love
How to Let a Chile Die
How to Change the World by Yourself
This is Why

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Augusten Burroughs (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 8, 2012
ISBN: 0312563558
Page Count: 240

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Dewey: 158

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Reading Level: Adults

Some language probably inappropriate for kids, some very serious issues discussed also

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Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
Books › Health, Mind & Body › Self-Help › Personal Transformation

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