‘…on top of the rest, the audiobook includes a multi-textural and atmospheric full-cast efficiency…That is a wild, spookily engaging take on a memoir from an iconic writer.’ — Paste

From the main NY Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that’s tender, touching…and slightly spooky.

‘Here’s a partial list of items I don’t have confidence in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Old Aliens. Recent lives. Existence after death. Vampires. Zombies. Reiki..Read More on the subject of Toil & Difficulty: A Memoir Homeopathy. Rolfing. Reflexology. Remember that ‘witches’ and ‘witchcraft’ are absent out of this list. The thing is, I wouldn’t believe in them, and I’d privately ridicule any idiot who do, except for a very important factor: I am a witch.’

For so long as Augusten Burroughs could remember, he knew stuff he shouldn’t have known. He manifested things that shouldn’t attended to complete. And he told exactly nobody concerning this, save one individual: his mom. His mother reassured him that it was all perfectly normal, that he was descended from a long type of witches, going back to the days of the early American colonies. And that this family members tree was filled up with witches. It had been a relationship that he and his mother shared–until the day she left him in the treatment of her psychiatrist to be raised in his family members (but that’s a entire other story). From then on, Augusten was on his own. By himself to navigate the world of this difficult power; on his own to either make use of or misuse this gift.

From the hilarious to the terrifying, Toil & Trouble is a chronicle of one man’s journey to comprehend himself, to reconcile the forces he can wield with things with which he is helpless. There have become few points that are coincidences, as become familiar with in Toil & Difficulty. Ghosts are genuine, trees can want to get rid of you, beavers are the spawn of Satan, homes are alive, and in the long run, love may be the most effective magic of all.

‘[Toil & Trouble] is completely brought to existence in a complete and unabridged ‘theatre of the brain’ audio book experience from the narrative group of Augusten Burroughs, Anne Bobby, Robin Miles, and Gabra Zackman.’ – Midwest Book Review