The Burn Journals

[The Burn Journals] describes a particular kind of youthful male desolation better than it has ever been described before, by anyone. Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon

A fascinating account of the mending of a body and mind, told with the simple and honest sensibility of someone too young to have endured so much. Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha

"Runyon has, perhaps, written the defining book of a new genre, one that gazes. . . unflinchingly at boys on the emotional edge." Booklist (starred review)

"A taut, chilling account of the author's attempt to commit suicide. . . a must-read for teenagers struggling with self-doubt." The Denver Post

An excruciating, brilliant book. . . WOW. A. M. Homes, author of Things You Should Know