Wheres My Wand?: One Boys Magical Triumph over Alienation and Shag Carpeting
by By Poole, Eric
Category: Biography & Autobiography , Personal Memoirs

Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris, and David Rakoff have all produced winning memoirs of their demented,   alternately heartrending and sidesplitting late- twentieth-century American childhoods.  Now, first-time author Eric   Poole joins their ranks with his chronicle of a childhood gone hilariously and heartbreakingly awry in the Midwest of   the 1970s.  From the age of eight through early adolescence, Poole sought refuge from his obsessive-compulsive   mother, sadistic teachers, and sneering schoolyard thugs in the Scotchgarded basement of his family's suburban St.   Louis tract house. There, emulating his favorite TV character, Endora from Bewitched, he wrapped himself   in a makeshift caftan and cast magical spells in an effort to maintain control over the rapidly shifting ground   beneath his feet. But when a series of tragic events tested Eric's longstanding belief that magic can vanquish evil, he   began to question the efficacy of his incantations, embarking on a spiritual journey that led him to discover the   magic that comes only from within.    Watch a Video