This Is How

Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

De: Augusten Burroughs

Narrado por: Augusten Burroughs

If you're fat and fail every diet, if you're thin but can't get thin enough, if you lose your job, if your child dies, if you are diagnosed with cancer, if you always end up with exactly the wrong kind of person, if you always end up alone, if you can't get over the past, if your parents are insane and ruining your life, if you really and truly wish you were dead, if you feel like it's your destiny to be a star, if you believe life has a grudge against you, if you don't want to have sex with your spouse and don't know why, if you feel so ashamed, if you're lost in life. If you have ever wondered, How am I aupposed to survive this?

This is How.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Burroughs's voice is persuasive and humble, and he sounds like he genuinely wants to give good advice.” —AudioFile Magazine

this book is amazing

This book is helpful and enjoyable in so many ways. I want to thank AB for getting me through so much.

Humbling Honest Read

I absolutely loved this and had no issue at all listening to this overly Honest and important book. He has been through so much in life and as all of us have our own issues, flaws, traumas, etc Augusten really does remind you to look inward and see how you truly feel, what these "issues" have triggered and changed in you and how YOU are in control of your own life. Anytime I feel down or like my life is not where I'd prefer it I will be listening to this again to remind me I can and will change it. I truly recommend this book and if anyone feels it's rough around the edges or harsh, try to remember honesty sometimes hurts but it's always important.

A different side of Augusten Burroughs

Hat's off to Augusten Burroughs for treating these subjects with a good dose of reality. I hate the tippy toe way so many of these very LIFE ALTERING events are usually treated in self-help books. I have experience a few myself and I agree with Mr. Burroughs about how you get through and go on. Too many of us wallow away our lives in whatever misery trips us up and can't get a grip on coping and continuing. I plan to listen to this book again and again - just to feel that good ol' kick in the pants to keep me motivated. It is on my iPod and not coming off! Thank you Augusten!

Self-help for pessimists

I cringe at the phrase "self-help," but this is like a self-help book written by a pessimist, who hates them as much as I do. Funny, profound, and very helpful. Augusten Burroughs really comes down to your level for this one.

If you like Dr. Phil you will like this.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I don't have any friends that need this type of help.

Would you be willing to try another book from Augusten Burroughs? Why or why not?

Yes, he is direct and to the point.

Have you listened to any of Augusten Burroughs’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Never heard him be for.

Do you think This Is How needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Not really, at least on this subject.

Any additional comments?

I liked Augusten's telling like it is. I think to many people today feel sorry for themselves and are stuck in the doldrums, if they are willing to take Augusten's advice they could move on and be more productive in almost every aspect of life.