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"Growing up in the care of an unusually dysfunction family, Augusten Burroughs is angered, but not surprised to find out he is being adopted by his mother's unorthodox psychiatrist. Living with the Finch family, Augusten finds frienship, love, and lust among the Finch children. While dealing with his own confusion about growing up (school, society, sexual orientation) Augusten makes his first friends, becomes "involved" with a man twice his age, and decides to drop out of school. "
alyssa Brainard, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- orphan story
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- gay guy
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
United States
Yes
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- male homosexuals doing their thing
- lesbians!
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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