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Book

You better not cry : stories for Christmas

Call Number

  • 921 B9712.5 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.

Physical Description

206 p. ; 19 cm.

Summary

In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection Augusten Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present--as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, he shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best.

Contents

  • You better not cry
  • And two eyes made out of coal
  • Claus and effect
  • Ask again later
  • Why do you reward me thus
  • The best and only everything
  • Silent night.

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