from wbwilburn5

Intense from beginning to end. I just wanted to finish it, but I want to read more of his work. Beautiful writing.

from RidgewayGirl

Robert Goolrick is best known for A Reliable Wife, which I thought was a fine, if not fantastic, book. Despite this, I picked up a copy of his memoir, The End of the World As We Know It, which he describes as "scenes from a life", because I read the first paragraph and was hooked. Goolrick sucked...

from jules72653

Goolrick's talent for describing a scene is both a blessing and curse and easily evident in this memoir.

from tangledthread

What a sad, painful story with some dark humor, but IMO not really funny as some other reviews have stated. Although the book is written in beautiful prose, it reminds me of the graphic novels of Alison Bechdel [Fun Home] and David Small [Stitches: A Memoir] The writing is compelling, but the sto...

from Caryn.Rose

at times heartbreaking. at times astonishing. at times tremendous writing. at times too much and i had to put it down.