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From Publishers Weekly
Having escaped the idiocy of rural life in his growing-up-gay-in-the-Ozarks memoir America's Boy, the author returns to it in this flamboyant fish-out-of-water saga. Inspired by Thoreau, Rouse and his partner moved to a cottage near the Michigan resort town of Saugatuck in order to simplify; wean himself from his addictions to shopping, tanning and cable; and resolve childhood traumas by being brashly gay in a nonurban setting. Saugatuck is actually quite gay-friendly, but trials abound: the eerie quiet of the countryside, the apocalyptic snows, a marauding raccoon fended off with lip balm and breath spray, the scarcity of gourmet yuppie-chow, the humiliation of wearing waders instead of Kenneth Cole boots, the slow, unfashionable locals who ask, rather perceptively, 'Don't you ever take anything seriously... things that don't affect only you?' Rouse's battle with his own narcissism is a losing one; indeed, it feels like the real point of offering his pink-outfitted self to the suspicious gazes of hunters and other yokels is simply to accentuate what a fascinating spectacle he is. Alas, Rouse's comically campy, but rarely truly funny, writing is so trite that few readers will share his self-involvement. (June)
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From Booklist
As he turns 40, Rouse (Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler, 2007) admits to becoming “the ultimate cliché”: he’s mentally and physically exhausted, hates his job, and realizes there is a void in his life that the city is no longer filling. He and his partner, Gary, take a vacation in Saugatuck, Michigan, “a Midwestern Martha’s Vineyard,” and on the spot decide to sell their home in St. Louis and move to the woods. Rouse vows to become a “modern-day Thoreau” and sets out to follow 10 life goals, roughly along the tenets espoused by Thoreau in Walden, Rouse’s favorite book. Rouse chronicles the hilarious escapades of these “two neurotic urbanites” as they ensconce themselves in the woods without magazine subscriptions, malls, Trader Joe’s, HGTV, or lattes. Rouse feels like a Martian confronting the locals at the general store, and suffers extreme anxiety when attempting ice fishing and karaoke. Gay or straight, any reader who has tried to “fit in” somewhere outside his or her comfort zone will readily empathize with Rouse’s rousing and ultimately successful lifestyle change. --Deborah Donovan
作者简介
Rouse is a "laugh-out-loud-funny" (NBC's Today Show), "wise, witty and wicked" (USA Today) writer who "beautifully combines humor and pathos" (Out Magazine), and, in a short time has established himself as "an original writer and impressive new voice" (The Washington Post) whose "combination of honest emotion and evocative prose seems destined to be a hit!" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Hi, Amazonians! (I'm 5'7", so I've always dreamed of being an Amazonian!)
I live on the coast of Michigan, where - in between beach weather and blizzards - I write memoirs and battle for bed space with my partner, Gary, and our beloved mutts, Marge (a 12-year-old Husky-Ridgeback-Collie'ish sort of dame) and Mable (a 2-year-old Labradoodle-beagle inbred who looks like an insane bat).
I am the author of three, critically-acclaimed memoirs, including America's Boy, Confessions of A Prep School Mommy Handler, and my latest, At Least in the City Somone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life, about two neurotic urbanites (guess who?) that quit their jobs, and leave the city, cable and consumerism behind in order to move to the Michigan woods and recreate a modern-day Walden. At Least in the City Somone Would Hear Me Scream has already been named a Summer Must-Read by the Today Show, Detroit Free-Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Out Magazine, Chicago Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, Frontiers Magazine and bestselling memoirist Jen Lancaster's "Jennsylvania" blog.
I have been thrilled to see my books and writing be lauded and named to multiple "Best of the Year" lists by such influential media and booksellers as the Today Show, USA Today, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Detroit Free-Press, Out, Genre, Entertainment Weekly, OK! Weekly, Chicago Public Radio, Michigan Public Radio, WGN and KMOX Radio, as well as B&N, Border's, Target, and the nation's independent booksellers.
America's Boy, my memoir of growing up gay in the Ozarks, was named by Border's as one of its Best Books (Literary Memoirs) of 2006 (alongside Gore Vidal, Jonathan Franzen, Gay Talese and Augusten Burroughs), "A Best Book of 2006" by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as well as a May 2006 BookSense selection by the nation's independent booksellers. The memoir was also included as part of the American Library Association's inaugural "Rainbow List" of recommended books for GLBT young readers and their families, and PFLAG has placed "America's Boy" on its permanent must-read list for families.
My second memoir, Confessions of A Prep School Mommy Handler, about my former job catering to a Lilly Pulitzer-clad clique of "Mean Mommies" at an elite prep school, was selected by both Barnes & Noble and Target as a Breakout Bestseller, and Entertainment Weekly called it "funny"!
I was a contributing writer to the humorous essay collection on working in retail, The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles (Counterpoint-Soft Skull Press/October 2008). The book was featured prominently on NPR and in the "Wall Street Journal." My essay on working at Sears (Yikes! The Husky Years!) was selected to kick off the collection.
My essays and articles have appeared in numerous regional and national magazines, and collections. I earned my B.A. in communications (with honors) from Drury University and my master's in journalism from Northwestern University.
I am currently working on my next two memoirs: Why Is Santa Taking Daddy's Lipitor?: And Other Heartwarming Holiday Tales, a compilation of tender, torturous and touching tales about my family's holidays and America's obsession with picture-perfect holidays. And the other is an untitled memoir about my gentile mother's battle with cancer and her obsession with visiting the Wailing Wall befores she dies.
For more, please visit my web site at www.waderouse.com
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witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
评分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
评分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
评分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
评分witty and a bit naughty, a few interesting observations here and there. The opening story is about how the author fights teeth and nail with a coon in the wilderness of the woods. He managed to fight off the beast with the mint spray from Sephora. The mor...
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当我第一次看到《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》这个书名时，一股难以言喻的寒意瞬间侵袭了我。这个名字，太有画面感了，太能勾起人的好奇心了。它似乎暗示着一种极端的状态，一种在人群中却感受到前所未有的孤独与无助，一种发自肺腑却又无人倾听的绝望。我想象着，在钢筋水泥的丛林里，隐藏着多少不为人知的悲伤故事，又有多少声音，在日复一日的喧嚣中，悄无声息地消逝。这本书，会是一部关于被忽视者的赞歌，还是一个关于人性黑暗面的揭露？它是否会让我看到，在光鲜亮丽的城市表象之下，隐藏着多少难以言说的痛苦和挣扎？我期待着，作者能够用一种充满力量和真实感的笔触，描绘出这个“尖叫”背后的真相。是心理的崩溃，是社会的遗弃，还是某种更深层次的困境？这本书，或许不仅仅是一个故事，更是一种对现代社会人际关系疏离的深刻反思，一种对个体在宏大社会中生存状态的拷问。我希望它能让我心生震撼，引发我对于“被看见”和“被听见”的深层思考，并最终，在合上书本的那一刻，对身边的人给予更多的关注和理解。
评分《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》——这个书名，一股脑地将我拉入了一种无法忽视的、充满张力的情绪之中。它不仅仅是一个简单的标题，更像是一种宣言，一种在绝望边缘发出的嘶吼。我常常在想，在这样一个信息爆炸、人潮涌动的现代都市里，是什么样的绝境，才能让人发出如此惊心动魄的呼喊？是谁，又为何，会在这喧嚣之中，感受到被彻底的遗忘与孤立？这本书，是否将带领我走进一个充满张力的叙事空间，去见证一个角色如何在极端的困境中挣扎求生，又如何试图打破那无形的隔阂，寻求一丝被看见的可能？我期待的，是作者能够用一种极具感染力的笔触，刻画出人物内心深处的波澜壮阔，那些隐秘的恐惧，那些压抑的渴望，那些在绝望中闪烁的微光。这本书，会不会是现代社会中个体生存困境的缩影，它是否会让我重新审视我们与他人的关系，以及我们在宏大社会机器中的位置？我希望它能带来一种强烈的冲击，让我们在阅读过程中，体验到角色感同身受的痛苦，并从中获得一种警醒，一种对身边微弱呼唤的关注，以及一种对人性深处脆弱的理解。
评分《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》——这个书名，简直就像一枚投入平静湖面的石子，在我心中激起了层层涟漪。它所蕴含的张力，那种在嘈杂世界中试图发出微弱声音的挣扎，足以勾起我内心深处最原始的好奇。我想象着，在一个繁华得令人窒息的都市里，可能隐藏着多少不为人知的悲剧。那个“尖叫”的主人，他/她究竟遭遇了怎样的困境？是物质的匮乏，精神的折磨，还是人际关系的崩塌？这本书，是否会像一把手术刀，精准地剖开现代社会那看似光鲜亮丽的外表，揭露出隐藏在其下的脆弱与绝望？我期待着，作者能够用饱含情感的笔触，描绘出那个“尖叫”背后的故事，将角色的绝望、恐惧、以及一丝渺茫的希望，淋漓尽致地呈现在读者面前。它是否会让我反思，在如今这个信息爆炸、人与人之间联系日益紧密的时代，我们是否反而变得更加孤立？这本书，不仅仅是一部文学作品，更可能是一种对现代人普遍存在的孤独感的深刻探讨，一种对“被看见”和“被听见”的强烈渴望的呐喊。我希望，它能在我心中留下深深的印记，引发我对于身边那些微弱声音的关注，并促使我去思考，如何在喧嚣的世界中，为那些需要帮助的人，送去一丝温暖和慰藉。
评分这本《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》——我承认，当初被这个标题深深吸引。那种绝望的、无助的，却又带着一丝对外界施救的渺茫期盼的意象，瞬间就击中了内心深处某个最脆弱的角落。在如今这个信息爆炸、人与人之间看似联系紧密却又疏离感日益增长的时代，这种“被听到”的渴望，仿佛成了一种奢侈品。我一直很好奇，在这样一个充斥着喧嚣与冷漠的城市里，究竟是什么样的境遇，才会让人发出如此撕心裂肺的呼喊？这本书会讲述一个怎样被忽视的故事？是社会性的悲剧，是个人化的困境，还是某种难以言喻的心理阴影？我迫不及待地想走进作者构建的世界，去感受那种压抑在内心深处的痛苦，去体会那种在人群中被孤立的无力感。这本书会不会像一把手术刀，精准地剖开现代人内心深处的孤独与无助？会不会让我们重新审视那些被我们习以为常的、却又可能正在吞噬我们情感的现代生活弊病？我期待的，是作者能够用饱含情感的笔触，描绘出那个令人心碎的“尖叫”背后的故事，让读者在阅读过程中，能够产生强烈的共鸣，甚至是对自身处境的反思。这本书，不仅仅是一个故事，更可能是一种对我们内心深处普遍存在的恐惧的探讨。
评分当我拿起《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》这本书时，我并没有预设它会带给我怎样的阅读体验，仅仅是那个颇具冲击力的标题，就已经在我脑海中勾勒出了一幅幅模糊的画面。我想象着，在一个熙熙攘攘的都市丛林中，一个人被孤独、恐惧或绝望所吞噬，他的呼喊在滚滚的车流和高楼的阴影下显得如此微弱，甚至无人问津。这种强烈的反差，往往是戏剧性最浓厚的土壤。这本书，是否就描绘了这样一个个体在现代社会中的挣扎？它是否会触及那些隐藏在光鲜外表下的阴暗角落，那些被社会主流所忽略的边缘人群的悲歌？我期望作者能够以一种细腻且富有洞察力的笔触，展现角色的内心世界，将那些难以启齿的痛苦、无法言说的恐惧，以及在极端困境下的求生本能，淋漓尽致地呈现在读者面前。或许，书中的“尖叫”并非物理上的声响，而是一种精神上的呐喊，是对人性、对社会、对命运的无声控诉。我期待的，是它能引发我对于“被看见”和“被听见”的深刻思考，在阅读的过程中，体验到一种前所未有的震撼，并从中汲取力量，去关照那些同样在城市角落里默默承受着苦难的灵魂。
评分《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》——这个名字本身就像一声回响，在寂静的深夜里，试图唤醒沉睡的良知。我拿到这本书的时候，并没有急于翻开，而是反复咀嚼着这个书名，它像一个谜语，又像一则警示，让我对书中即将展开的故事充满了好奇与期待。我想象着，在繁华都市的某个不起眼的角落，一个人，也许是他，也许是她，正经历着常人难以想象的痛苦与孤立。她的呼喊，在充斥着信息与噪音的现代社会中，显得如此微不足道，甚至被淹没在日常的琐碎与麻木之中。这本书，会不会是一次对现代人内心孤独的深刻挖掘？它会不会揭示出，在看似便利与发达的社会结构下，人与人之间的情感连接却日益脆弱，个体更容易陷入被遗忘和被忽视的境地？我渴望的，是作者能够以一种不动声色的力量，将那份无助与绝望层层剥开，让我们看到那个“尖叫”背后，可能隐藏着怎样的原因，是心理的创伤，是人际关系的破裂，还是社会体制的疏漏？我希望这本书能够成为一面镜子，映照出我们内心深处对被理解、被关怀的渴望，同时，也让我们反思，在这样一个充满机会却也充满疏离的时代，我们是否还能听到身边微弱的呼唤，并给予回应。
评分我被《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》这个书名深深吸引了。它在一种近乎原始的绝望感中，又带着一丝对外界微弱的期盼。这种矛盾的张力，让我立刻想要去探究，究竟是什么样的情境，才能催生出如此撕心裂肺的呼喊？在我脑海中，浮现出的是一个被遗忘在城市角落的灵魂，他的痛苦无人知晓，他的挣扎在熙攘的人群中显得如此微不足道。这本书，是否会是一场关于个体在现代社会中被边缘化的深刻寓言？它是否会揭示出，在科技发达、信息爆炸的时代，人与人之间的情感连接反而变得更加脆弱？我期待作者能够以其独特的视角，深入挖掘人物的内心世界，将那种被忽视的孤独、无助以及对被理解的渴望，用文字的力量传递出来。是否会有一场突如其来的危机，将主人公推向绝境？亦或是，是一种漫长的、被社会结构性忽视的痛苦，日复一日地侵蚀着他的心灵？我希望这本书能带给我心灵的震撼，让我对那些隐藏在城市喧嚣下的微弱声音，产生更深的同情与关注，并思考，在这样一个看似紧密相连的世界里，我们是否真的能够，听到彼此内心的呼唤。
评分《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》——仅仅是这个书名，就足以让人心头一紧，脑海中浮现出无数个极富戏剧性的画面。它传递出一种强烈的、几乎是本能的求救信号，仿佛在无垠的都市洪流中，一个人正拼尽全力地想要引起他人的注意。这让我不禁思考，是什么样的绝境，才能让人发出如此绝望的呼喊？是突如其来的灾难，是日积月累的压抑，还是某种深刻的、被社会所遗忘的创伤？我期待着，本书能够带领我进入一个扣人心弦的故事，去探寻那个“尖叫”背后的真相。它是否会展现一个角色，在冰冷的城市中，如何一步步走向崩溃的边缘，又如何在绝望中寻找一线生机？我希望作者能够以其独到的洞察力，深入剖析角色的内心世界，将那些难以言说的恐惧、孤独和无助，转化为文字的力量，触动读者的灵魂。这本书，或许是一面折射现代社会个体生存困境的镜子，它是否会让我们重新审视人与人之间的关系，以及我们在快速发展的社会中，是否真的如我们所想象的那样，彼此连接，而非形同陌路？我渴望的是，在阅读过程中，能够体验到一种强烈的共鸣，一种对生命脆弱性的敬畏，以及一种对寻求帮助和被理解的深刻认识。
评分《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》——这个书名，在我脑海中荡漾开来，仿佛带着一种沉重的、压抑的情绪。它不仅仅是一个简单的名字，更像是一种宣言，一种在无边孤独中，对外部世界发出的最后一点尝试。我想象着，在钢筋水泥的丛林里，隐藏着多少不为人知的悲伤故事，又有多少个体，在繁华的表象之下，承受着常人难以想象的痛苦。这本书，是否会深入探究这种“被听到”的渴望，以及当这种渴望被无情剥夺时，所带来的毁灭性后果？我期待的，是作者能够以一种极富感染力的笔触，将角色的内心世界展现得淋漓尽致。那些被压抑的痛苦，那些难以启齿的恐惧，以及在绝望中诞生的微弱希望，都可能在这本书中得到深刻的描绘。它是否会是一部关于现代社会个体生存困境的寓言？它是否会让我反思，在看似人潮涌动的世界里，我们与他人的距离，究竟有多远？我希望这本书能够给我带来心灵的震撼，让我对那些身处困境、却无人问津的灵魂，产生更多的同情与关注，并思考，在喧嚣的都市中，我们是否有能力，去倾听那些微弱的、却又至关重要的呼喊。
评分《至少在城里会有人听到我的尖叫》——单凭这个书名，就足以让任何一个内心敏感的人产生无限的遐想。它像是一声在无边黑暗中划破寂静的呐喊，又像是在被遗忘的角落里，发出的最后一点求救信号。我非常好奇，是什么样的经历，能让一个人在繁华都市的洪流中，感到如此的孤立无援，以至于需要发出这样绝望的呼喊？这本书，是否会像一个隐匿的窥视者，将我带入一个被社会遗忘的角落，去见证一个角色的挣扎与痛苦？我期待的是，作者能够用一种不动声色的叙事方式，却又极其深刻地展现出人物内心的波涛汹涌。那种被忽视的委屈，那种深不见底的孤独，那种在绝境中闪烁的渺茫希望，都可能在这本书中被一一展现。它是否会揭示出，现代社会中那些看不见的隔阂，那些被我们习以为常的冷漠，是如何一点点将个体推向崩溃的边缘？我希望这本书能成为一剂强心针，唤醒我对于身边那些可能正在经历相似困境的人的关注，让我们重新审视人与人之间真正的连接，以及我们是否有勇气，去倾听那些微弱的、却又充满力量的呼喊。
评分读到最后是渐入佳境。G辞掉工作，R&G回到城市里准备卖掉他们第一套房子。看来是准备将乡村生活进行到底了。 Wade的心态变化和他的文章一样，开始浮躁，后来哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分读到最后是渐入佳境。G辞掉工作，R&G回到城市里准备卖掉他们第一套房子。看来是准备将乡村生活进行到底了。 Wade的心态变化和他的文章一样，开始浮躁，后来哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分读到最后是渐入佳境。G辞掉工作，R&G回到城市里准备卖掉他们第一套房子。看来是准备将乡村生活进行到底了。 Wade的心态变化和他的文章一样，开始浮躁，后来哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分读到最后是渐入佳境。G辞掉工作，R&G回到城市里准备卖掉他们第一套房子。看来是准备将乡村生活进行到底了。 Wade的心态变化和他的文章一样，开始浮躁，后来哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
评分读到最后是渐入佳境。G辞掉工作，R&G回到城市里准备卖掉他们第一套房子。看来是准备将乡村生活进行到底了。 Wade的心态变化和他的文章一样，开始浮躁，后来哲理。 I decide all options are fine and dandy. Life must have risk, both calculated and irrational.
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