In addition to the novel A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick is the author of the acclaimed memoir The End of the World as We Know It. He lives in a small Virginia town.His new novel is Heading Out to Wonderful.
One of Goolrick's six favorite books about childhood, as told to The Week magazine:
Read about the other books on the list.Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
No one has spun more gold out of the dross of a dubious childhood than Sedaris, and he has done it hilariously. Overweight, gay, odd — he once asked for a vacuum cleaner for Christmas — here Sedaris writes masterfully about the fact that it's okay just to be who you are.
Visit Robert Goolrick's website.
The Page 69 Test: Heading Out to Wonderful.
--Marshal Zeringue
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