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The Book: My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
ISBN: 978-0-307-38127-9
Suggested By: Sissy Vaughn
Where: Home
When:8-8:45P
Music: None
Company: The Family
Pages: 31-86 (55)
The Lead In: This will be the first autobiographical book of 55pages. Lobotomies scare the bejesus out of me.
The 411 on the 55: Howard Dully is born to a set of parents relatively thrilled to have him. That all changes when his mother dies delivering her next son. It worsens when Howard’s dad remarries a woman with two children of her own, Lou. Lou hates the crap out Howard. Complains about him constantly, even making things up to prove how bad of a person he is.
Eventually she decides to seek professional help and she finds someone to help, Dr. Freeman. Freeman is a specialist in lobotomies and recommends them for pretty much everything, much to the chagrin of his fellow doctors. Seriously, his entire career is based off lobotomies.
Line of the Day: “One summer he logged 11,000 miles in his Lobotomobile.” pg 72
Fact on the Fiction: “Teenage Lobotomy” is a fantastic song by The Ramones. Check the lyrics of the second verse:
“Slugs and snails are after me
DDT keeps me happy
Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em
That I got no cerebellum
Gonna get my Ph.D.
I'm a teenage lobotomy”
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