false 5925086 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 5925086 2 6097504 2 6 2009 At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life total:140|5:8|4:17|3:19|2:6|1:1| 140 497 376 56 47517 3.32 445 160 79784937 674397 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 138 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 1 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 13:02:57 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 13:17:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 74882496 2320578 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 3 0 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...]]> 74105175 1097541 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 3 1 false Sat Oct 10 15:35:49 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 15:36:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 70876601 2728566 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 5 1 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 79430398 290848 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 3 0 false Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 12:39:22 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 14:33:18 -0800 2009 America's Boy quite a bit, though gave up early on his next one, Mommy Handler. This one falls somewhere between the two. He's a good writer, and knows how to laugh at himself, but either he's playing up his and Gary's shallow materialism for comic effect, or they're really, really s...more...]]> 81058835 758046 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 5 0 false Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 00:44:33 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 00:49:53 -0800 2009
I really don't know how to explain this in a way that will do it justice. A gay man and his partner mov...more...]]> 67545009 1232654 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 5 0 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...]]> 74943971 1164850 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 4 0 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...]]> 77475690 1545867 6563002 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6563002-at-least-in-the-city-someone-would-hear-me-scream 3.50 2 We all dream it.
Wade Rouse actually did it.

Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: to uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, to "live a plain, simple life in radically reduced conditions."

In this rollicking and hilarious memoir, Wade and his partner, Gary, leave culture, cable, and consumerism behind and strike out for rural Michigan–a place with fewer people than in their former spinning class. There, Wade discovers the simple life isn’t so simple. Battling blizzards, bloodthirsty critters, and nosy neighbors equipped with night-vision goggles, Wade and his spirit, sanity, relationship, and Kenneth Cole pointy-toed boots are sorely tested with humorous and humiliating frequency. And though he never does learn where his well water actually comes from or how to survive without Kashi cereal, he does discover some things in the woods outside his knotty-pine cottage in Saugatuck, Michigan, that he always dreamed of but never imagined he’d find–happiness and a home.

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream is a sidesplitting and heartwarming look at taking a risk, fulfilling a dream, and finding a home–with very thick and very dark curtains.



From the Hardcover edition.]]> 2009 4 0 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...]]> 60306146 1277721 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 2 0 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...]]> 72318899 203010 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 5 0 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
Does h...more...]]> 66567481 2601614 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 4 1 false Fri Aug 07 13:22:45 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 13:25:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 71397675 874276 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 3 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 06:37:01 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 06:39:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 71943793 1967793 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 19:48:26 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 04:22:42 -0700 2009
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...]]> 76206017 790663 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 4 0 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...]]> 59860654 2139780 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 4 1 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...]]> 70716192 343939 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 5 0 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...]]> 59055247 904862 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 4 0 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. ]]> 78945470 606534 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 25 07:45:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 07:46:03 -0800 2009 71377021 2086589 5925086 0307451909 9780307451903 55 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-m-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/86/5925086-s-1255578610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5925086.At_Least_in_the_City_Someone_Would_Hear_Me_Scream_Misadventures_in_Search_of_the_Simple_Life 3.55 140 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.”

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream 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 Walden. 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.

Praise for Wade Rouse

“An impressive new voice…an original writer.” —Washington Post

“Writing in the vein of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs….[Rouse is] laugh-out-loud funny.” —St. Louis Magazine

“Keenly observant and hilariously scathing.” —Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days

]]> 2009 3 0 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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