![]() ![]() It is never physically abusive, but there is no question that Liam’s treatment by his father – and to some extent his mother as well – is mentally and emotionally abusive. This is a tough book in that it looks like a light screwball comedy, and a lot of it reads that way, but at the heart of the story is an abusive relationship between a parent and a child. But things don’t go quite as he planned it – his grades aren’t exactly improving, the head cheerleader is taking quite an interest in him, and in a hysterical scene he somehow manages to make the A.V. He wants so badly to be studious, brilliant in school, and as unpopular as possible in the hopes of gaining his father’s love. When Liam gets to his new home, he does everything he can to reinvent himself in the image of his father. It is, however, a shock that he’s going to live in a trailer park with his cross-dressing, glam-rocking Aunt Pete. And so it’s no big shock to Liam when his ultra-successful type-A dad finally sends him away. Even when Liam TRIES to screw up, he screws that up. There’s one thing in life that he can do better than anyone else: screw up. ![]() ![]() When Liam is assigned an essay on his greatest talent, there is no question in his mind what he will write about. ![]()
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