Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Format - Paperback
Condition - Fair
Listed - 4 days ago
Est. Publication Date - Jun 2012
Seller Description
Bent front cover, but no issue to text BRENT RUNYON WAS 14 years old when he set himself on fire. This is a true story. InThe Burn Journals, Runyon describes that devastating suicide attempt and his recovery over the following year. He takes us into the Burn Unit in a children’s hospital and through painful burn care and skin-grafting procedures. Then to a rehabilitation hospital, for intensive physical, occupational, and psychological therapy. And then finally back home, to the frightening prospect of entering high school. But more importantly, Runyon takes us into his own mind. He shares his thoughts and hopes and fears with such unflinching honesty that we understand—with a terrible clarity—what it means to want to kill yourself and how it feels to struggle back toward normality. Intense, exposed, insightful,The Burn Journalsis a deeply personal story with universal reach. It is impossible to look away. Impossible to remain unmoved. This truly riveting memoir is a spectacular debut for a talented new writer.
Additional Information
The Burn Journals
ISBN: 9781400096428
Publisher Description
The author recounts the year he spent in a burn unit following his suicide attempt at fourteen, describing the painful treatments, skin-grafting procedures, rehabilitation, and psychotherapy.
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