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Home is Burning
Dan Marshall
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Description for Home is Burning
Paperback. Hilarious, heart-wrenching and brilliantly written account of a twenty something returning home to his large, eccentric, foul mouthed family to care for his beloved, dying father. Num Pages: 320 pages, No. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; BM; BT; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'An incredibly personal story ... sad, but unbelievably funny' - Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 2 Arts Show 'This memoir is gasp-out-loud, offensively funny, touching and a sure thing for anyone who likes David Sedaris - but with more Mormons' - Red At twenty-five, Dan left his 'spoiled white asshole' life in Los Angeles to look after his dying parents in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, who had already been battling cancer on and off for close to 15 years, had taken a turn for the worse. His father, a devoted marathon runner and ... Read more
'An incredibly personal story ... sad, but unbelievably funny' - Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 2 Arts Show 'This memoir is gasp-out-loud, offensively funny, touching and a sure thing for anyone who likes David Sedaris - but with more Mormons' - Red At twenty-five, Dan left his 'spoiled white asshole' life in Los Angeles to look after his dying parents in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, who had already been battling cancer on and off for close to 15 years, had taken a turn for the worse. His father, a devoted marathon runner and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473624313
SKU
V9781473624313
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Dan Marshall
DAN MARSHALL grew up in a nice home with nice parents in Salt Lake City, Utah, before attending UC Berkeley. After college, Dan worked at a strategic communications public relations firm in Los Angeles. At 25 he left work and returned to Salt Lake to take care of his sick parents. While caring for them, he started writing detailed accounts ... Read more
Reviews for Home is Burning
Horrible. Hysterical. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Just like life.
Jenny Lawson A death in the family-the whole miserable and hilarious story, complete with all the gory mechanical details of grief, rage, drug binges, hostility, self-pity and more rage.
Rob Sheffield Both a touching memoir about the author losing both his parents, and the funniest fucking thing I've ever read-profane, ... Read more
Jenny Lawson A death in the family-the whole miserable and hilarious story, complete with all the gory mechanical details of grief, rage, drug binges, hostility, self-pity and more rage.
Rob Sheffield Both a touching memoir about the author losing both his parents, and the funniest fucking thing I've ever read-profane, ... Read more