Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.
Keywords: 1970s , adoption , based-on-novel-or-book , becoming-an-adult , husband-wife-relationship , marriage-crisis , sibling-relationship , therapist