A Wolf at the Table (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of A Wolf at the Table Saturday, October 31 2009.

Timothy Gray changed the title of A Wolf at the Table Wednesday, August 26 2009.

Timothy Gray approved Jamie L’s request to change the title of A Wolf at the Table Wednesday, August 26 2009.

Jamie L edited the table of contents of A Wolf at the Table Wednesday, August 26 2009.

• 19 untitled chapters and Epilogue.

Jamie L edited the first sentence of A Wolf at the Table Wednesday, August 26 2009.

• If my father caught me he would cut my neck, so I just kept going.

Jamie L changed the title of A Wolf at the Table Wednesday, August 26 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of A Wolf at the Table Friday, July 31 2009.

• “As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we’d ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this one never left me. And sometimes…I wasn’t altogether sure about one thing: was it just a dream?” When Augusten Burroughs was small, his father was a shadowy presence in his life: a form on the stairs, a cough from the basement, a silent figure smoking a cigarette in the dark. As Augusten grew older, something sinister within his father began to unfurl.  Something dark and secretive that could not be named.  Betrayal after shocking betrayal ensued, and Augusten’s childhood was over. The kind of father he wanted didn’t exist for him. This father was distant, aloof, uninterested… And then the “games” began. With A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs makes a quantum leap into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son. Told with scorching honesty and penetrating insight, it is a story for anyone who has ever longed for unconditional love from a parent. Though harrowing and brutal, A Wolf at the Table will ultimately leave you buoyed with the profound joy of simply being alive. It’s a memoir of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope.

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Wolf at the Table Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Augusten Burroughs:

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Wolf at the Table Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Augusten Burroughs: (Primary Author)

Amanda edited the characters of A Wolf at the Table Friday, June 26 2009.

• Changed the section title: Important People
• Added a character: Augusten Burroughs