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Overview

Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris, and David Rakoff have all produced winning memoirs of their demented, alternately heartrending and sidesplitting late- twentieth-century American childhoods. Now, first-time author Eric Poole joins their ranks with his chronicle of a childhood gone hilariously and heartbreakingly awry in the Midwest of the 1970s. From the age of eight through early adolescence, Poole sought refuge from his obsessive-compulsive mother, sadistic teachers, and sneering schoolyard thugs in the Scotchgarded basement of his family's suburban St. Louis tract house. There, emulating his favorite TV character, Endora from Bewitched, he wrapped himself in a makeshift caftan and cast magical spells in an effort to maintain control over the rapidly shifting ground beneath his feet. But when a series of tragic events tested Eric's longstanding belief that magic can vanquish evil, he began to question the efficacy of his incantations, embarking on a spiritual journey that led him to discover the magic that comes only from within.

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A quirky, irreverent story of growing up odd in the 1970s, when people still wrote letters, loved shag carpeting and used carbon paper.

Fox Television radio-marketing executive Poole grew up in the Midwest in a family, and among an assortment of characters, destined to end up in a coming-of-age memoir. Some of the more entertaining stories include the chaos of his parents' fighting in 1969; the author's befriending of the sarcastic, armless Stacy (who "exhibit[ed] her stumps to the amazement and awe of the gathered fourth-graders"); his magical obsessions with Bewitched, which included an unhealthy attachment to Endora; and his failed exorcism of another boy in Bible school. From his early childhood, when he escaped into his family's basement to chant magical charms to ward off alienation and chaos, through his teenage years, when the normal teenager panic was amplified by the added bewilderment of his awakening homosexuality, Poole shares an intimate, self-effacing chronicle of a unique young boy and the forces that molded him into the grounded, articulate, charming oddball he is today. The real charm of the book lies in the authenticity of the humor. There is not one forced moment in the book, nor is there a stitch of disingenuous manipulation to get a cheap laugh or manufacture a setup to a joke. Each entertaining tidbit grows from the characters, their lives, their struggles and their unforgivably shameless honesty. This is the story of growing up as the exception, but learning to understand that if you're lucky and have the right mix of crazy people in your life, being the exception can morph into being exceptional.

A witty, observant, deliciously satisfying autobiography.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780399156557
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 5/27/2010
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 1,235,815
  • Product dimensions: 8.64 (w) x 5.78 (h) x 0.95 (d)

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Eric Poole
Eric Poole

Eric Poole is the secret love child of Fran Lebowitz and David Sedaris. But oddly taller. A VP of radio marketing for a major media company, he resides in Los Angeles with his partner of eight years.

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    Hilarious!

    My daughter read this to me on a road trip, it was perfect for breaking the monotony of the road! We found his book thoroughly entertaining! Whether it was his contolling perfectionist mom, his beloved older sister who was always ready to "throw him under the bus," or his easy going dad, there was always something happening that Eric made tender, sad sometimes, but always from a funny point of view. Some chapters had us laughing out loud "Dear GOD IN HEAVVVVEEEENNN" read it!

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    A Revealing Novel of one Gay Boy's Childhood

    From the beginning of this memoir, I could relate to the young Eric Poole. Just as he admired Endora of Bewitched and wanted to be her, Samantha was my imaginary friend around the time I was in kindergarten. I also had a sibling with whom I played and fought, and a mother that was a bit neurotic about cleaning. (Though not on his mother's level.)
    I really wasn't tormented through school as he was, but I certainly knew what it felt like to be different, and only partially understood why.
    Not all gay people had this experience, but many will be able to relate and empathize. I believe anyone will connect to this story of growing up as an "outsider", whether gay yourself, or just someone who loves or knows someone who is.
    There is a lot of truth in this book.
    Michael Travis Jasper, author of the novel "To Be Chosen"

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    Just okay for me. If you like Augusten Burroughs, you are likely to enjoy this book.

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