King of the Mild Frontier

From the award-winning author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes and Whale Talk comes a stunning autobiography that's candid, insightful, and laugh-out-loud funny. Whether trying to impress a member of the girl's softball team-with disastrous dental results-or enduring the humiliation of his high school athletic club initiation, Chris Crutcher's memoir of the tricky road to adulthood is peppered with hilarious, heartbreaking, and absolutely unforgettable events. Previous hardcover edition: 0-06-050249-5