# A Wolf at the Table

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- Book: [A Wolf at the Table](https://www.bookquiver.com/augusten-burroughs/a-wolf-at-the-table) ([A Wolf at the Table.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/augusten-burroughs/a-wolf-at-the-table.md))
- Authors: [Augusten Burroughs](https://www.bookquiver.com/augusten-burroughs)
- Publisher: Virgin Books
- ISBN: 978-07-5351-683-6
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2009-03-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

From the author: 'My father doesn't feature much in Running with Scissors . And one of the reasons for this is because he didn't feature much in my life. But there's another reason, too: Our relationship was so complicated, so dark, so confusing and so big, that to tell the story would require a book. So finally, upon the death of my father in 2005, I decided to tell the story I have been most afraid yet most compelled to tell.' This prequel to international hit Running With Scissors tells the story of Augusten's relationship with his tormented father: a man who sent his wife mad and saw his other son run away from home, prior to Augusten going into foster care. Harrowing, insightful and amusing by turns.