You Better Not Cry
Stories for Christmas

Name: You Better Not Cry
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Augusten Burroughs
ISBN: 9781427207746

Author: Augusten Burroughs

Narrator: Augusten Burroughs

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 10/27/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs

Synopsis

You've eaten too much candy at Christmas…but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses…but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You've woken up with a hangover…but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and present—as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, Augusten shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best.

About Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs is the author of Running with Scissors, Dry, Magical Thinking: True Stories, Possible Side Effects, A Wolf at the Table and You Better Not Cry. He is also the author of the novel Sellevision, which has been optioned for film. The film version of Running with Scissors, directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, was released in October 2006 and starred Joseph Cross, Brian Cox, Annette Bening (nominated for a Golden Globe for her role), Alec Baldwin and Evan Rachel Wood. Augusten's writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world including The New York Times and New York Magazine. In 2005 Entertainment Weekly named him one of "The 25 Funniest People in America." He resides in New York City and Western Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Schmacko on December 03, 2009

In the realm of today’s gay memoirists, there are two legends: David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs. David Sedaris (The Santaland Diaries, Naked, When Engulfed in Flames) tells charming, quaint stories to his wacky Geek family. His stories include odd jobs (being a holiday elf for Macy’s) and strange......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on December 06, 2009

Oh, Augusten Burroughs, why do I love you? You infuriate me sometimes, but I just can’t quit you. “You Better Not Cry” is not laugh-out-loud hysterical, but rather chuckle-in-the-back-of-your-throat cynicism laced with pull-at-the-heart-strings-despite-yourself sentimentality. The funny thing about A......more

Goodreads review by Peter on December 15, 2019

Such a great holiday memoir. Endearing and comical. My full review will be up on my booktube channel at [URL not allowed]......more

Quotes

“[Burroughs] matches fine perceptive writing with heartfelt, note-[erfect narrating, achieving an emotional power few audiobooks can match. Burrough's life can be a wild ride, and his reading can match it, but it's a ride worth taking.” —AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner

“Burroughs reads with such ease and candor he seems more old friend than narrator. With his crisp diction, smooth delivery, and relentlessly funny material, Burroughs could easily have a new career as a performer, but for now, listeners can give thanks for this early Christmas present.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“In his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor, author Augusten Burroughs compiles his favorite Christmas memories in his new book, You Better Not Cry.” —VanityFair.com

“Burroughs has the sort of distinct voice that lends his stories a memorable charm.” —CreativeLoafing.com

“...He [Burroughs] takes listeners on a rollicking, personal chronological tour of some of his more memorable Christmases...this is laugh-out-loud stuff that nevertheless, with genuine warmth and sensitivity, pays homage to the spirit of giving for which the holiday season is known.” —Sound Commentary

“This most candid of memorists evokes poignancy and a kind of subversive nostalgia, spiked with flaws and good intentions.” —BookPage

“He [Burroughs] matches fine perceptive writing with heartfelt, note-perfect narrating, achieving an emotional power few audiobooks can match. Burroughs's life can be a wild ride, and his reading can match it, but it's a ride worth taking.” —AudioFile magazine, Earphones Award Winner

“Burroughs' stories about Christmas memories alternate between loopy and hilarious and poignant and heartfelt. Burroughs matches his reading style to each story superbly.” —Audiopolis, a blog from AudioFile

Awards

AudioFile Earphones Award