false 5925086 2 <p>Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since a botched Ogilvy home perm: uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, “to survive…living a plain, simple life in radically reduced conditions.” <br><br><i>At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream</i> is what happens when a self-obsessed gay man with a penchant for bronzer and he-capri’s leaves the lattes behind and wanders into the wild to dwell in a knotty-pine cottage and live up to the tenets set forth in <i>Walden</i>. Battling bloodthirsty critters, enduring nosy neighbors with night-vision goggles, and inhaling the distinct whiff of boredom no firewood-scented Henri Bendel candle can hide, Rouse’s spirit, sanity, relationships, and Kenneth Cole pointy-toe boots are sorely tested. But he ultimately discovers something in the woods outside Saugatuck, Michigan, that he always dreamed of but never thought he’d find—happiness and a home.<br><br>Praise for Wade Rouse<br><br>“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —<i>Washington Post</i> <br><br>“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —<i>St. Louis Magazine</i><br><br>“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of <i>I Am Not Myself These Days<br></i></p> 6097504 2 6 2009 At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life total:114|5:4|4:11|3:8|2:2|1:0| 114 411 339 49 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 21:10:02 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:44:38 -0700 2009
I picked up this book after reading a positive review in a magazine. It's a memoir and the writer, Wade, is one of those infectiously high-spi...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Oct 10 15:35:49 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 15:36:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Sep 16 12:37:56 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 13:57:05 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 12:37:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 17:56:44 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:47:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:12:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:02:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 15:05:35 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:09:20 -0800 2009
I don't care if he's gay. I don't care if he has met his soulmate, Gary. I don't even care if he routinely gets assaulted by raccoons taking out the trash.

This book is hilarious. It's one of the funniest things I've read this year, and certainly ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:42:12 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 13:18:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 03:42:30 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:39:19 -0700 2009
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The author has decided to become a modern day Thoreau, living the simple life in the country in Michigan. The story chronicles Wade's misadventures in his quest to become a writer and live in harmo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 08:33:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 08:35:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 17 05:41:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 05:21:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 05:41:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:24:23 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:29:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:09:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:12:08 -0700 2009 American Boy, it is a great read. Rouse's journey is heartening, enlightening, and heart-breaking at times. But best of all, it is real. ]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 21:52:01 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 11:56:25 -0700 2009
Not for the faint of heart... i wouldn't recommend this to my mother... Although anyone wanting to know what the "gayest game in the world" is may want to read it...

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And "Snap Crackle Pop" was the best....]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 14:10:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 14:16:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 09:40:47 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 09:43:04 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5925086