{"product_id":"the-burn-journals-paperback","title":"The Burn Journals: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrent Runyon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eThirteen Reasons Why, Running with Scissors, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Girl, Interrupted \u003c\/i\u003ewill be entranced by this remarkable true story of teenage despair and recovery. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Burn Journals\u003c\/i\u003e] describes a particular kind of youthful male desolation better than it has ever been described before, by anyone.\" --Andrew Solomon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Noonday Demon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1991, fourteen-year-old Brent Runyon came home from school, doused his bathrobe in gasoline, put it on, and lit a match. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe suffered third-degree burns over 85% of his body and spent the next year recovering in hospitals and rehab facilities. During that year of physical recovery, Runyon began to question what he'd done, undertaking the complicated journey from near-death back to high school, and from suicide back to the emotional mainstream of life.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRENT RUNYON WAS 14 years old when he set himself on fire. \u003cbr\u003eThis is a true story. \u003cbr\u003eIn \"The 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. \u003cbr\u003eBut 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. \u003cbr\u003eIntense, exposed, insightful, \"The Burn Journals is a deeply personal story with universal reach. It is impossible to look away. Impossible to remain unmoved. \u003cbr\u003eThis truly riveting memoir is a spectacular debut for a talented new writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRENT RUNYON is a writer and regular contributor to public radio programs, including \u003ci\u003eThis American Life, \u003c\/i\u003e where portions of his award-winning memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Burn Journals, \u003c\/i\u003e first aired. \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e praised \u003ci\u003eThe Burn Journals\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the defining book of a new genre, one that gazes unflinchingly at boys on the emotional edge.\" In his novels \u003ci\u003eMaybe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSurface Tension, \u003c\/i\u003e he retains that raw honesty. Mr. Runyon lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Burn Journals\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169918357639,"sku":"9781400096428","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b15032ab429ed23cb35ba2b59efd43f7.webp?v=1733344544","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-burn-journals-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}