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Box of Mustaches: The Darkly Funny, True Story of How Twin Brothers Survived Their Mother's Madness
Box of Mustaches" is the powerful, true story of identical twin brothers and how they coped with their mother's descent into madness.
At first, Stanley and Jimmy Evans thought their mother was normal, but they soon discovered that her twisted views and mood swings were a result of her schizophrenia. And the mental illness was making her more dangerous by the moment. T
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Published
October 6th 2003
by iUniverse.com
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Emmy winner Stan Evans and his twin brother had to live creatively to survive their stripper mother's schizophrenia and the rebirth of their man-on-wheels stepfather.
Trying every trick from a "clone machine" to Leo Buscaglia affirmations, Stan overcomes his life as a feral child raised by virtual strangers. What does he learn? Hell (and Chuck-E-Cheese) is for children. His life, like his book, is an unbelievably true bunch of set-ups and one-liners. If you like your memoir...more
Trying every trick from a "clone machine" to Leo Buscaglia affirmations, Stan overcomes his life as a feral child raised by virtual strangers. What does he learn? Hell (and Chuck-E-Cheese) is for children. His life, like his book, is an unbelievably true bunch of set-ups and one-liners. If you like your memoir...more
When you hand Paraplegia Monthly's "Who Needs Sex Anyway?" edition to your stepfather who was shot by your mom, well, then you know you are in unchartered territory. There aren't many memoirs that make you fear for the writer's existence (will Mom's eggs kill Pukey or will Eldie club him to death?) and laugh your head off -- but Box of Mustaches is the real deal. Thank God that Stan Evans survived long enough to grab an Emmy and pen this book.
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