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One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation And Shag Carpeting
Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
June 2010
On Sale: May 27, 2010
272 pages
ISBN: 0399156550
EAN: 9780399156557
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Set in the Midwest of the 1970's, this memoir evokes that
idyllic, old-school time before computers and cell phones,
when people were horrible to one another face-to-face. From
an early age, Eric Poole was obsessed with Endora of TV's
Bewitched. Just days after arriving at the family's new home
in St. Louis, Missouri, eight-year-old Eric had staked out
the basement as his special place: a spot where he could
secretly perform magical incantations-draped in a tattered
white bedspread he prayed his obsessive-compulsive mother
wouldn't miss-as an antidote to his alienation. This is a
book for fans of David Rakoff and TV's Malcolm in the
Middle. Eric Poole's stories take readers on a hilarious and
sometimes heartbreaking journey in which the magic in his
life slowly morphs from childhood wonder to religious dogma
to an understanding that the real, true magic is believing
in yourself.
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