Joyful Recollections of Trauma: A Hilariously Cathartic Memoir-in-Essays of Childhood Turmoil, Self Healing, and Finding Happiness

by Paul Scheer

“I found a fire, and it won’t go out!” “I found a fire” seemed to be the best tactic. It put me in a heroic position, making me essentially a human Lassie. All I knew was that I couldn’t go down for this. The punishment for this crime would be huge.