![]() On his own to navigate the world of this tricky power on his own to either use or misuse this gift.įrom the hilarious to the terrifying, Toil & Trouble is a chronicle of one man's journey to understand himself, to reconcile the powers he can wield with things with which he is helpless. It was a bond that he and his mother shared - until the day she left him in the care of her psychiatrist to be raised in his family (but that's a whole other story). And that this family tree was filled with witches. ![]() ![]() His mother reassured him that it was all perfectly normal, that he was descended from a long line of witches, going back to the days of the early American colonies. And he told exactly no one about this, save one person: his mother. He manifested things that shouldn't have come to pass. The thing is, I wouldn’t believe in them, and I would privately ridicule any idiot who did, except for one thing: I am a witch."įor as long as Augusten Burroughs could remember, he knew things he shouldn't have known. Note that 'witches' and 'witchcraft' are absent from this list. "Here’s a partial list of things I don’t believe in: God. The price of admission is equal to the cost of Toil & Trouble, which is included with each ticket. Please note: this is a ticketed event, to be held at Booksmith (1644 Haight St.) in San Francisco. ![]() This will be his only SF/Bay Area appearance. Booksmith hosts a special evening with Augusten Burroughs for his new book, Toil & Trouble: A Memoir. ![]()
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