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You Are a Complete Disappointment by M. Edison (2016, Hardcover)

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"You are a complete disappointment." On his deathbed, Mike Edison's father gasped those words to his son--and that was just the beginning of his devastating salvo. For anyone who has ever suffered from parental bullying, this often-hilarious yet intensely heartbreaking memoir from the former High Times publisher will provide both solace and laughter. It begins with a child's hunger for love and acceptance and continues through years of withering criticism, perverse expectations, and unfounded competition from a father who couldn't tolerate his son's happiness and libertine spirit. In the end, the author unravels a relationship that could never be fixed--but perhaps didn't need to be.

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Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
ISBN-10
1454918683
ISBN-13
9781454918684
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216038283

Product Key Features

Book Title
You Are a Complete Disappointment
Author
M. Edison
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Topic / Men, Women & Relationships, Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Width
5.5in

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Lc Classification Number
Pn4874
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"Edison writes like Hunter S. Thompson, if Hunter S. Thompson was not a self-medicating misanthrope but instead a big-hearted teddy bear with a taste for professional wrestling and narratives of joy and redemption--which is what Edison's marvelous new memoir is: a must-read for anyone who craves instruction for how to get out from under a soul-murdering childhood." --Rick Perlstein, author of The New York Times bestseller The Invisible Bridge: the Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan " Telling Mike Edison he was a complete disappointment was just the first salvo of his father's deathbed diatribe. In the same way this list of complaints is both amusing and profoundly upsetting, Edison's memoir about his troubled relationship with his straitlaced dad is a work of humor and pathos. A musician and former editor and publisher of High Times magazine, Edison never fit the constraining mold that his parents considered the only path to success. After his father's parting words put the capstone on a relationship that had been contentious for decades, Edison looks to discover where exactly he and his father got so off-track. Uncovering the truth takes Edison beyond even his childhood to the formation of his parents' belief systems as part of a generation that valued conformity above almost all else. Edison is a fine storyteller, quick and witty, who gives the heavy stuff appropriate weight without letting it pull down the lighter moments, like his father's memorable outburst over a meatball pizza. Edison's soul-searching creates a moving tribute to being oneself." -- Booklist, "Edison writes like Hunter S. Thompson, if Hunter S. Thompson was not a self-medicating misanthrope but instead a big-hearted teddy bear with a taste for professional wrestling and narratives of joy and redemption--which is what Edison's marvelous new memoir is: a must-read for anyone who craves instruction for how to get out from under a soul-murdering childhood." --Rick Perlstein, author of The New York Times bestseller The Invisible Bridge: the Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan " Telling Mike Edison he was a complete disappointment was just the first salvo of his father's deathbed diatribe. In the same way this list of complaints is both amusing and profoundly upsetting, Edison's memoir about his troubled relationship with his straitlaced dad is a work of humor and pathos. A musician and former editor and publisher of High Times magazine, Edison never fit the constraining mold that his parents considered the only path to success. After his father's parting words put the capstone on a relationship that had been contentious for decades, Edison looks to discover where exactly he and his father got so off-track. Uncovering the truth takes Edison beyond even his childhood to the formation of his parents' belief systems as part of a generation that valued conformity above almost all else. Edison is a fine storyteller, quick and witty, who gives the heavy stuff appropriate weight without letting it pull down the lighter moments, like his father's memorable outburst over a meatball pizza. Edison's soul-searching creates a moving tribute to being oneself." -- Booklist
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-590166
Dewey Decimal
306.874
Dewey Edition
23

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