The Burn Journals
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2004]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 374 pages ; 22 cm
Brent Runyon was fourteen years old when he set himself on fire. In this book he describes that 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 Journals is 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.
Subjects:
Runyon, Brent.
Runyon, Brent -- Juvenile literature.
Teenage boys -- Virginia -- Biography.
Teenage boys -- Suicidal behavior -- Virginia -- Case studies.
Burns and scalds -- Treatment -- Personal narratives.
Teenage boys -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Teenage boys -- Suicidal behavior -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
Burns and scalds -- Treatment -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
Adolescent psychology.
Suicidal behavior -- Adolescent -- Personal Narratives.
Runyon, Brent.
Runyon, Brent -- Juvenile literature.
Teenage boys -- Virginia -- Biography.
Teenage boys -- Suicidal behavior -- Virginia -- Case studies.
Burns and scalds -- Treatment -- Personal narratives.
Teenage boys -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Teenage boys -- Suicidal behavior -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
Burns and scalds -- Treatment -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
Adolescent psychology.
Suicidal behavior -- Adolescent -- Personal Narratives.
ISBN:
9780307276957 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Electronic reproduction. New York : Knopf Doubleday Pub. Group, 2005. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1044 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 344 KB).
Electronic reproduction. New York : Knopf Doubleday Pub. Group, 2005. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1044 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 344 KB).