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I don’t want to get out of bed. I’m so stupid. I did so many things wrong. I don’t know what to do. I’m going to be in so much trouble. What am I going to do? I’m completely screwed. In 1991, fourteen-year-old Brent Runyon came home from school, doused his bathrobe in gasoline, put it on, and lit a match. He suffered third-degree burns over 85% of his body and spent the next year recovering in hospitals and rehab facilities. During that year of physical recovery, Runyon began to question what he’d done, undertaking the complicated journey from near-death back to high school, and from suicide back to the emotional mainstream of life. In the tradition of Running with Scissors and Girl, Interrupted, The Burn Journals is a truly remarkable book about teenage despair and recovery.

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I read some reviews on Amazon.com and some people were bitching about the writing style, and the fact that Brent post-burns was s...more...]]> 4 5 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 17:25:45 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 20:50:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 12:38:26 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 18:40:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 12:34:36 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 06:52:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 11:06:39 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 11:32:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Mar 08 21:58:37 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 21:59:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:21:18 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 04:18:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 06:39:38 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:04:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 20 22:26:12 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 22:37:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Oct 15 19:29:26 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 19:30:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 06:23:22 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 06:48:58 -0700 2009
I have mixed feelings about Runyon's memoir - On the one hand, it is a powerful account of his suicide attempt by setting himself on fire at 14 and the year long process of recovery (actually just the b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 08:20:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 16:17:46 -0700 2009 The Burn Journals is like the teenage version of A Million Little Pieces, except there's no drugs or alcohol in it.

"But wait," you say, "isn't A Million Little Pieces all about drugs and alcohol?"

Actually, it really isn't. It's about a man whose life was blown ap...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 09:31:30 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 07:32:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 06:24:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 18:12:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 17:32:03 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 09:49:01 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:41:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 07:44:32 -0700 2009
Turns out we have a lot in common (besides loving Ira Glass). Although we both had very different i...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 09:23:47 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 09:25:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 12:25:09 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:32:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:27:42 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:27:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 15:10:59 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 15:24:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=216196