This Is How

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

By: Augusten Burroughs

Narrated by: 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.

Critic reviews

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

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.

augusten

I just love him as an author and had to listen to his self help book. as I've read all his memoirs, I also love that he threw in a couple of different references I remembered from his memoirs, making me feel as if I know him personally. I love that he narrated his own work, too.

2nd Time Around

Where does This Is How rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I enjoyed This Is How much more than many other audiobooks because Burroughs reads it himself.

Enlightning, Funny and Honest

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, have already to several friends. I wish I could buy a copy for my entire family.

What did you like best about this story?

It was brutally honest. Straight talk about life.

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

I have listened to several. He seems so open and fun during performances. He's enjoyable even talking about serious issues. It was exactly the type of book I needed.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did not plan to listen at one sitting, but I did.

Any additional comments?

Loved it.