The burn journals / Brent Runyon.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400096428 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1400096421 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 327 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2005.
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2004. |
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Subject: | Runyon, Brent Teenage boys > Virginia > Biography. Teenage boys > Suicidal behavior > Virginia > Case studies. |
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- 3 of 4 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Newburgh Chandler PL - Downtown Newburgh | TEEN 921 RUNYON (Text) | 39206019399565 | Teen Nonfiction | Available | - |
Pike Co PL - Petersburg Main Library | YA 362.28 RUNY (Text) | 38650833103060 | YA NON-FIC | Temporarily Unavailable | - |
Porter County PL - Portage Public Library | 362.2 RUNYO (Text) | 33410012544153 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Porter County PL - Valparaiso Public Library | 362.2 RUNYO (Text) | 33410013589587 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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BRENT RUNYON is a writer and regular contributor to public radio programs, including This American Life, where portions of his award-winning memoir, The Burn Journals, first aired. Booklist praised The Burn Journals as âthe defining book of a new genre, one that gazes unflinchingly at boys on the emotional edge.â In his novels Maybe and Surface Tension, he retains that raw honesty. Mr. Runyon lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.